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Colorado Sues Geo Group over Tuberculosis Investigation at Aurora ICE Facility
The suit says GEO Group withheld records and access needed to trace a June tuberculosis case and protect detainees and staff.
- On Wednesday, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser filed a lawsuit against GEO Group after the company failed to comply with a state public health order regarding at least one tuberculosis case at the Aurora ICE Processing Center.
- State health officials issued the order following weeks of what they described as 'persistent stonewalling' by GEO, which failed to provide medical information, potential contacts, and detainee discharge records needed for the June tuberculosis investigation.
- CDPHE claims the company's refusal leaves inspectors 'flying in the dark' regarding disease spread, preventing verification of facts critical to protecting detainees, staff, and the public from tuberculosis, which 'may result in permanent disability or death' if untreated.
- GEO and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials claim there are no active tuberculosis cases at the facility and that federal authorities remain 'actively involved' in disease prevention, though they refused to release specific data to state inspectors.
- The standoff coincides with a federal court challenge where GEO is seeking to block a new state law that expands authority to investigate health and safety conditions at immigrant detention centers, setting up a broader legal battle over state versus federal power.
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Blistering lawsuit accuses ICE contractor of leaving inspectors 'flying in the dark'
A blistering new lawsuit accuses a contractor for President Donald Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement of leaving inspectors "flying in the dark" after a tuberculosis outbreak at a facility in Colorado. On Wednesday, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser filed a lawsuit against Geo Group, a ...
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Colorado NewslineOfficials at ICE facility miss Colorado public health order deadline in tuberculosis case
The private company that runs Colorado’s only immigration detention center missed a compliance deadline set by the state’s health department to provide information about a recent tuberculosis case in the Aurora facility.
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