Aurora IPC is Protecting Our Communities

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-03) and Congressman Greg Lopez (CO-04) issued the following joint statement after Congressional visits to the Aurora Immigration Processing Center (IPC) today: 

“Our teams were impressed with the professionalism displayed at the Aurora IPC and believe the Aurora IPC is doing a great job ensuring that criminal illegal aliens are taken off our streets. Democrats are misconstruing the purpose of facilities like these—which have been in operation for decades—in a ploy to abolish ICE by proxy, but the last thing Colorado needs are more criminals roaming our streets. High quality facilities like Aurora IPC are essential in keeping our communities safe and ensure that these illegal aliens do not stir up even more heartbreaking and avoidable criminal activity across Colorado.”

Background:

400 Coloradans are employed at the Aurora IPC, which is owned and operated by GEO Group. Aurora IPC – along with every other detention center across the country – is not owned or operated by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). GEO was awarded the contract for the Aurora ICE Processing Center under a competitive bid process in December 1986 for approximately 150 detainees on behalf of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), now known as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Currently, Aurora IPC houses 1,200 detainees.  

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