Phil Weiser: “It will result in unnecessary costs passed onto Coloradans in higher electric bills and more pollution in the region.”

This has been a shuttered facility for quite some time. It can’t just be picked up and put into use without going through the required reviews. They are there for a reason.

Neither DHS nor ICE engaged in the required public review process involving the necessary analysis of potential environmental impacts from any of the construction, renovation or operation of this facility.

When we hear young people are struggling because they’re feeling disconnected and lonely, we’ve got to do something about it.

Even though this proposed facility would nearly double the town’s population, the federal government is ignoring the basic legal requirement to determine what effects its actions could have on nearby residents and the surrounding…