Springs Times

Congressional candidate Dave Williams (R-CO-5) said he will support former President Donald Trump’s proposed plan to deport illegal aliens and provide local law enforcement the ability to enforce immigration laws.

El Paso Sheriff Joe Roybal, county Commissioners and several other county elected officials recently joined a Douglas County lawsuit challenging two Colorado laws they say “undermine local efforts to maintain community safety” amid increased illegal immigration.

“Joe Biden’s open border policies have flooded Colorado and El Paso County with a dangerous and unstable wave of illegal immigrants that has to be stopped,” Williams told Springs Times. “To save our country, we have to shut down the borders, deport all illegal aliens, and put a stop to the faulty asylum system that has let cartels, foreign spies, and criminals into our country.”

“In Congress, I will back President Trump’s plan to deport all illegals in this country, write and pass legislation that bans state legislatures and cities from ignoring federal immigration enforcement laws, and I will treat illegal immigration like the national security threat that it is,” Williams said. “Our country is on the line and we must go on the offense now before it is too late.”

El Paso County Treasurer Chuck Broerman, County Assessor Mark Flutcher, and County Surveyor Richard Mariotti announced May 7 that they would join Douglas County and El Paso County Commissioners in the lawsuit over Colorado immigration laws.

“These laws, according to opponents, undermine local efforts to maintain community safety, particularly concerning violent crimes committed by undocumented immigrants,” said a letter signed by the three elected officials.

The lawsuit challenges Colorado House Bill 19-1124, which prohibits local law enforcement from arresting people solely on the base of immigration status and providing “identifying information” on illegal aliens to federal authorities.

Also challenged is Colorado House 23-1100, which restricts local government detention of illegal aliens.  

During fiscal year 2024 to date, there have been 1,733,496 illegal alien encounters nationwide, reports U.S. Customers and Border Protection (CBP). 1,340,801 of those encounters have come along the southwestern border.

Williams, 37, is running for the U.S. House seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5). He has been the chairman of the Colorado Republican Party since 2023 and previously represented District 15 in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023. 

The first Latino elected to the House District 15, Williams previously worked as vice president of logistics for MKW Global. He and his wife, Emily, have three children. 

Colorado's 5th congressional district is in central Colorado and includes Colorado Springs and the city’s suburbs.