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MEDIA INQUIRIES
Contacts:
Mekela Goehring, mgoehring@rmian.org, RMIAN Executive Director
Ashley Harrington, aharrington@rmian.org, RMIAN Children’s Program Managing Attorney
Westminster, Colorado, June 5, 2025—Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) rejects the idea that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “wellness checks” have the intention of protecting children; they have the opposite effect.
The "wellness checks" being conducted by various federal law enforcement agencies claim to be about ensuring the safety of children. In reality, these visits are part of an ICE directive to locate and investigate unaccompanied children and their sponsors, threatening family unity for kids, many of whom have experienced abuse, abandonment, and neglect.
Dozens of families across the state have reached out to their attorneys at RMIAN detailing disturbing events where federal officers showed up at their homes unannounced, banged on their doors, and demanded information about children living in the home. Far from fostering trust and ensuring the safety of vulnerable children, these visits promote intimidation and terror that families will be separated, detained, and deported. This policy is damaging to vulnerable children, the families who care for them, and creates a deep distrust of law enforcement officials, which deters people from reporting crimes and makes our Colorado community less safe. RMIAN calls on ICE to immediately stop these harmful practices.
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