Michael Bennet: “Nobody in Colorado would accept compromised security, and we do not.”

These are, in my view, the fundamental issues that we face: Can Colorado be a place where middle-class families can live, where working people can live, where teachers and others can find a home?

I will continue to push for necessary guardrails, critical reforms, and work towards preventing the opening of this facility.

Mr. Bennet moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee on Finance of the Senate with instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session, with changes that-- (1) are…

This new facility will not only nearly double the number of detention beds, but is in a rural location, far from the organizations that offer resources and oversight.