Chaffee County commissioners said at a public meeting Tuesday they are working to find out what more they can do to protect immigrants after outcry about a Salida mother and her young son detained by federal immigration agents Aug. 19 .

Around a dozen people urged the three commissioners, all Democrats, to adopt new policies to protect residents from immigration arrests, including posting relevant state and county laws and policies on county buildings and requiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to have a judicial warrant to make arrests at county buildings, among other measures.

“The county commissioners share everyone’s outrage,” Commissioner P.T. Wood said. “I’m really sorry that this happened. … We’re going to do everything in our power, which unfortunately, is not very

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