🌱 Why did Fountain spend taxpayer money fighting “pro-immigrant” state bills?

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• Why did Fountain spend taxpayer money fighting “pro-immigrant” state bills?

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📰 News we're reading

• DAVIS: Who Lobbied Against Pro-Immigrant Bills at the State Capitol This Year? (coloradotimesrecorder.com) — Fountain’s city government spent about $4,500 this year on lobbyists working against state “pro-immigrant” bills, alongside El Paso County and other cities. The piece details how much local governments, school districts, and law-enforcement groups paid to oppose measures expanding legal protections from federal immigration enforcement and potential civil liability.
   

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