Mesa County Sheriff's Office officials filed a federal lawsuit against Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Attorney General Phil Weiser earlier this month, claiming that being unable to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement impacts their ability to do their jobs and has kept their office from getting federal grants.

Sheriff Todd Rowell, Undersheriff Matthew King and Captain Curtis Brammer filed the complaint in U.S. District Court on Aug. 7 against Polis and Weiser, claiming that state laws barring state agencies and local government employees from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is "unconstitutionally vague."

The lawsuit comes about a month after Weiser filed a civil lawsuit against a Mesa County Sheriff's Office deputy who tipped ICE off — via a rou

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