This article from CBS News discusses the new detention facility in Colorado. A government contractor announced Monday it has entered into a five-year agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to open a new federal immigration processing center northeast of Denver in Hudson.

The facility will be located in a former prison complex that has sat empty since 2014. The complex is owned by a real estate investment trust, Highlands REIT, and was opened in the 2000s. It was known as the Hudson Correctional Facility but will now be renamed the Big Horn Facility.

"We denounce this profit-motivated contract that will deeply harm immigrant communities in Colorado and our state as a whole," stated Mekela Goehring, executive director of Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network.

This article from The Denver Post investigates an active case of tuberculosis at the Aurora immigration detention center. Adams County health officials confirmed the case, but they said facility officials haven’t complied with a public health order requiring access and interviews of affected detainees.

Shira Hereld, an attorney for the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network who works with detainees, said they were aware of two people who were placed in “precautionary” quarantine. Hereld said one sick patient was also moved from the facility, though it was unclear if that person had tuberculosis.

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Jodi Vongsakoun, development@rmian.org, RMIAN Director of Development & Communications

Mekela Goehring, mgoehring@rmian.org, RMIAN Executive Director

Westminster, Colorado, July 13, 2026—Today GEO Group announced that they have signed a five-year contract for $529 million with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to open a new immigration detention center in Hudson, Colorado, just north of Denver International Airport.

Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) adamantly opposes and condemns the opening of this immigration detention facility, or any other immigration detention facility in Colorado.

“For over 25 years, RMIAN has worked at the Aurora immigration detention center, providing free legal information, legal representation, and social services to detained individuals in immigration proceedings. Our clients include long-standing and treasured community members, beloved family members, asylum seekers, survivors of trafficking and other crimes, young adults, and elders—all of whom have been imprisoned solely because of a civil immigration infraction. The impact of detention is far-reaching and devastating. We denounce this profit-motivated contract that will deeply harm immigrant communities in Colorado and our state as a whole,” states Mekela Goehring, Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network.

RMIAN is seeking a Director of Social Work to lead the next chapter of its Social Service Project’s vital services, and to manage and support a strong team of social workers. The Director of Social Work will direct program strategy; supervise members of the team; oversee day-to-day operations, including grant management, evaluation and reporting; liaise with community partners and funders; carry a limited caseload; and participate on RMIAN’s Leadership Team to carry out the organization’s mission and strategic priorities.

The Andrew Carnegie Foundation announced its annual list of “Great Immigrants, Great Americans” yesterday, recognizing 25 distinguished naturalized citizens whose contributions have strengthened America. We are excited to share that the honorees include RMIAN Founding Board Member, Hiroshi Motomura! Professor Motomura, a leading scholar of U.S. immigration and citizenship law, said “I’m honored to be part of the 2026 Class, especially at this moment. Immigrants have been part of this nation since its inception, though it is sometimes forgotten in these times. And I am a small part of a greater story that reminds us that those who come to the United States help create a stronger union. I am grateful to Andrew Carnegie Foundation for this recognition.”

This article from CPR News highlights the relief felt by immigrants and allies after SCOTUS upheld the right to birthright citizenship. Tami Goodlette, RMIAN's Vice President of Legal Programs, said the alternate decision would have sparked widespread chaos for the organization’s hundreds of clients.

“Children who would have been born to our clients here in this country would not have been citizens and that would have had a devastating effect,” Goodlette said. “And that’s not only on their families but also on hundreds of thousands of children and babies born in the United States going forward.”

Refugee Action Coalition of Colorado and Keep Families Together Coalition, including RMIAN, respond to recent Supreme Court decisions.

We welcome the U.S. Supreme Court's June 30, 2026 decision affirming birthright citizenship, but are deeply concerned about the harmful implications of two U.S. Supreme Court rulings issued on June 25, 2026, affecting asylum seekers and individuals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Read the full statement here.

RMIAN has an immediate opening for a full-time Litigation Senior Staff Attorney who will work within RMIAN’s Advocacy & Litigation Program.

RMIAN seeks a litigator experienced in immigration and constitutional law as well as detention issues. This role is designed for someone who has experience with civil litigation. The caseload will primarily involve habeas corpus challenges to unlawful detention and subsequent appeals as well as other civil litigation before the district court and petitions for review before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

RMIAN has an immediate opening for a full-time Resource Coordinator who will work within RMIAN’s Social Service Project (SSP) and will be supervised by RMIAN’s Supervising Social Worker. The Resource Coordinator is bilingual in Spanish and English, provides case management support to clients receiving legal representation from RMIAN, and supports SSP in resource development and internal organization.

RMIAN has an immediate opening for a full-time Pro Se Staff Attorney in our Detention Program to provide legal information for clients detained at the Aurora Contract Detention Facility. RMIAN’s legal orientation program is a know-your-rights program that seeks to educate and inform individuals detained at the Aurora immigration detention facility about their rights in removal proceedings, court procedures, release options, and relief from removal.

This position is meant for an attorney dedicated to equal justice for all - someone who has experience in immigration law, particularly removal defense (and preferably in a detained setting).