
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston testifies before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Capitol Hill on March 5, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit March 31 filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) claiming Colorado and Denver’s sanctuary laws interfered with federal enforcement of immigration laws.
“Our nation was founded on a system of ‘duel sovereignty,’ in which ‘citizens would have two political capacities, one state and one federal, each protected from incursion by the other,’” U.S. District Judge Gordon Gallagher wrote.
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