A Teller County District judge ruled that the county sheriff isn't violating Colorado law by allowing his deputies to conduct immigration enforcement through an agreement with the federal government.

ACLU appeals ruling allowing Colorado sheriff to continue operating federal immigration program in county jail Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell has said the 287(g) program is legal under state law ...

Eight detainees being held in the Teller County Jail for Immigration and Customs Enforcement say they have ended a hunger strike they started last week to protest their transfer from a Denver-area ...

The Colorado Court of Appeals made that clear this month when it put an end to Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell’s efforts to hold immigrants in jail when he had no legal basis to do so ...

The Colorado Court of Appeals made that clear this month when it put an end to Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell’s efforts to hold immigrants in jail when he had no legal basis to do so ...

Wednesday was day two of an ongoing court trial between the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), representing six Teller County taxpayers, and their elected Sheriff Jason Mikesell.

Teller County is the only jurisdiction in Colorado that has this type of agreement with ICE. El Paso County signed one in 2007 but discontinued it in 2015 , saying that it wasted county resources.

January 16, 2021 / 1:38 PM MST / CBS Colorado TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - A man surrendered to Teller County Sheriff's deputies after they say he fled from them twice.

DIVIDE, Colo. (CBS4) - An inmate escaped from the Teller county Jail in Divide early Friday morning. Chancey Colwell spent the past two months as an inmate worker and escaped while he was ...

TELLER COUNTY, Colo. ... which would have allowed his agency to house suspected illegal immigrants in jail, ... and told KRDO13 he "wants to return Colorado back to the people." ...

DENVER – The ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit today against Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell alleging that he is violating Colorado law by continuing to jail an individual who is eligible for ...

Eight detainees being held in the Teller County Jail for Immigration and Customs Enforcement say they have ended a hunger strike they started last week to protest their transfer from a Denver-area ...