Together Colorado Holds Hearing on 1,188-Bed Hudson ICE Center as $85 Million GEO Contract Looms
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Updated · The Longmont Leader · Aug 5
Together Colorado Holds Hearing on 1,188-Bed Hudson ICE Center as $85 Million GEO Contract Looms
3 articles · Updated · The Longmont Leader · Aug 5
Summary
Hudson’s Town Hall hosted a public hearing Wednesday evening on the proposed Big Horn ICE detention center, with Together Colorado framing it as input for local officials weighing the project’s impacts.
The forum followed ICE’s contract with GEO Group to operate the facility, which is projected to add 1,188 immigration detention beds and generate $85 million in its first year.
Together Colorado has already sued the Town of Hudson, arguing it must enforce zoning rules and consider public health, environmental and legal consequences before the center opens.
Hudson said on July 13 it cannot approve or deny federal use of the private facility, though it remains responsible for local services that could be affected and has not publicly answered the lawsuit.
Organizers said concern has intensified after a tuberculosis outbreak at ICE’s Aurora facility, which they cited as a warning for the Hudson site and urged residents to raise at the subsequent council meeting.