Weld County Commissioners worked hard and quickly last week, enlisting the help of other elected officials, to get the county removed from a list of U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sanctuary jurisdictions.
“Weld County did not receive formal notification of any non-compliance with Federal statutes, nor does the board consider Weld County to be a ‘sanctuary county’ for the purpose of protecting illegal immigrants,” the commissioners stated in a press release last Friday. “In 2024, Weld County Commissioners codified Section 5-170 in the Weld County Code, which reads: No appropriations from general fund, capital expenditure fund, special revenue funds, or proprietary funds for the specified purpose of providing emergency sheltering of illegal aliens within Weld County.”
