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Blue state’s anti-ICE pledge collapses as GOP warns of new sanctuary ‘confederacy’
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Colorado has reversed a controversial requirement that attorneys using the state’s court e-filing system certify they would not use court information to assist federal immigration enforcement efforts.
The verification requirement was removed from state law last week after Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 26-1276, creating a carveout for attorneys seeking to use the filing system.
Multiple attorneys spoke out in April after the state’s e-file system required them to certify they would not share such personal information with the federal government — a requirement Colorado officials said stemmed from the Protect Civil Rights Immigration Status Act of 2025.
Colorado Springs attorney Ian Speir told Fox News Digital that Colorado appeared to be «unlawfully coopting private attorneys across the state to further its anti-federal sanctuary policies,» while noting that he doesn’t practice criminal nor immigration law but couldn’t sign into the state court system without «saluting the resistance.»
COLORADO LAWYERS SAY COURT E-FILE SYSTEM NOW MAKES THEM CERTIFY THEY WON’T ASSIST ICE
The House Judiciary Committee took note of Fox News Digital’s reporting on the matter and notified Colorado officials in April that their immigration-related certification wrongly «commandeers private attorneys into Colorado’s radical sanctuary policies, handcuffs federal officials from enforcing immigration law in Colorado, and violates fundamental free speech principles.»
Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., the chairman of the Judiciary Committee’s immigration integrity, security and enforcement subcommittee, told Fox News Digital in a Monday interview that he was pleased to see Colorado reverse itself but warned that the incident is just the latest volley in sanctuary states’ battle against federal supremacy.
He called it the latest example of the notion that any state «can obstruct federal laws they don’t like.»
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«I think they’ve crossed the line into obstruction by forbidding attorneys access to the court system without this outrageous pledge under penalty and perjury that they wouldn’t report any information for federal immigration enforcement purposes,» McClintock said.
«Obviously, the state recognized what tenuous ground they had staked out, and it reversed themselves. But I remain concerned over what other sanctuary jurisdictions that comprise this new ‘Confederacy’ may take in the future.»
Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., arrives for the House Judiciary Committee markup on the Justice in Policing Act in the Capitol Visitor Center on June 17, 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Sipa USA)
FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, celebrated the news and noted it was prepared to file a lawsuit against the state government in Denver on First Amendment grounds if it did not repeal the provision.
«Colorado made the right move removing the certification requirement, which was a clear viewpoint-based regulation that violated the First Amendment,» the Washington-based group said in a statement.
Speir added that while the state may be able to tell its own public lawyers what to say to ICE, he, as a private attorney, «work for my clients, not the government.»
Greg Greubel, FIRE’s senior attorney, said in a statement that the government by law cannot condition an attorney’s access to courts «on a promise not to use information for a lawful purpose the state disfavors.»
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents stand outside Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey. 5/28/26. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital.)
«Kudos to Colorado legislators and the governor for acting quickly to resolve this issue, but it’s troubling that the state attempted this in the first place.»
Laws restricting speech must be viewpoint-neutral under the First Amendment, but critics argued that by forcing attorneys not to speak with ICE, they were putting their thumb on the partisan scale.
McClintock said his panel’s focus continues to be on the variety of sanctuary policies in states and cities that are «resisting and in many cases obstructing federal law enforcement,» citing the Supremacy Clause’s assertion that immigration falls under the federal government’s authority.
«That’s particularly important in regions such as mine where the local sheriffs very much want to cooperate with ICE,» said McClintock, who notably chaired the raucous hearing that featured Fairfax County, Virginia, prosecutor Stephen Descano and Sheriff Stacey Kincaid who have been lambasted for their handling of illegal immigrant-related cases.
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A measure his panel is working on would allow victims of sanctuary policies to sue those jurisdictions for damages created by the release of illegal immigrant criminals and the like.
Fox News Digital reached out to Polis and ICE for comment.
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GOP senator deals crushing blow to Trump’s AG nominee after Alaska lobbying blitz
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche just lost the last little bit of cushion he had left to survive confirmation.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced that she would not support Blanche’s nomination to be the nation’s top prosecutor and law enforcement official, dealing another blow to his rocky confirmation process.
Her defection, despite a heavy lobbying effort by Blanche that saw him make the trek to Alaska, means that Senate Republican leadership can’t afford to lose anymore votes to get him across the finish line, given that Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., though now back home, has still not returned to the Senate.
COLLINS DROPS THE HAMMER ON TRUMP’S PICK TO LEAD DOJ, JEOPARDIZING PATH TO CONFIRMATION
Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, speaks to members of the media following a vote outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)
Murkowski acknowledged Blanche’s visit to Alaska and heavy lobbying effort throughout the last few weeks, but it’s his connection to President Donald Trump’s nearly $2 billion anti-weaponization fund, and broader concerns of a weaponized Justice Department, that proved the nail in the coffin for her.
«The politicization — even weaponization — of the Department did not start with this administration but has accelerated during it,» Murkowski said in a statement. «I take issue with the handling of the release of the Epstein files; the sweeping immunity protections granted to the President, his family, and their businesses; the statements that have been made to anti-abortion groups; and the repeated targeting of individuals ranging from former administration staff to sitting U.S. Senators.»
«I am also keenly aware that the Department’s nearly $2-billion dollar slush fund—which likely would have rewarded January 6 protesters—is only off the table because this nomination is pending and the Senate has leverage,» she continued. «Once we vote, that will end, and there is no telling what the future holds.»
TRUMP’S AG PICK SURVIVES — FOR NOW — AS REPUBLICANS QUESTION IF WHITE HOUSE DEAL WILL HOLD
To Murkowski’s latter issue, several lawmakers in both sides of the aisle acknowledge that though Blanche and the Department of Justice (DOJ) agreed to permanently rescind the fund in writing to Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, there’s nothing stopping Trump from reviving it.
And he’s on several occasions made clear he wants to see it come back.
Before making her decision, Trump already took a snipe at her during an interview with Punch Bowl News published Friday morning.
TRUMP THREATENS TO YANK HIS OWN AG NOMINEE AS GOP REVOLT GROWS

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) arrives for a meeting with Senate Republicans in the U.S. Capitol on June 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Senate Republicans overnight released a new version of the «One, Big, Beautiful Bill,» as they approach U.S. President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)
«I’m against Murkowski,» Trump said. «I do more for Alaska than any president in history. No president’s done for Alaska what I’ve done. She’s not good.»
Meanwhile, it’s unclear whether the Senate will actually vote on Blanche on Friday, which could be the upper chamber’s grand finale of the summer before it exits Washington, D.C., for the remainder of August.
And there’s still one more Republican that hasn’t weighed in on how they’ll vote: Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.
If he defects, and McConnell is still gone, it will be a 50-50 vote. That means Vice President JD Vance would need to break the tie. But for now, only Murkowski and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, are publicly opposing Blanche’s confirmation.
«The country needs an Attorney General who will check the worst impulses of this administration,» Murkowski said. «I hope Mr. Blanche is able to achieve that, if confirmed, but I simply do not have confidence that will be the case.»
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Student perpetrates deadly shooting at Thailand high school, authorities say
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A student opened fire at a high school in Thailand on Friday, killing at least six and injuring others, police reported.
The attack took place at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province northwest of Bangkok, Royal Thai Police spokesperson Trairong Piwpan indicated to The Associated Press.
A witness told reporters that students hid inside a classroom while they heard gunshots from another building before police officers knocked on the door and cleared a way for them to leave the building.
THREE PEOPLE KILLED IN NORTH CAROLINA SHOOTING, OFFICIAL SAYS
Forensic police walk at the scene of the school shooting in Bang Kruai district, Nonthaburi province, north of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP via Getty Images)
Authorities provided conflicting numbers of casualties in connection with the attack.
Trairong told news broadcaster Channel 3 that the attacker was being hospitalized in serious condition, while 15 other individuals had been hurt, including two in critical condition — he reported that three teachers and three students had been killed.
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A policeman holds up a cordon tape after a school shooting in Bang Kruai district, Nonthaburi province, north of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP via Getty Images)
Thailand Health Minister Pattana Promphat indicated that 22 individuals were hurt with nine in critical condition. Some were hurt due to causes like falls, and it was unclear how many were gunshot victims.
Deputy Interior Minister Polapee Suwunchwee indicated to reporters that five teachers passed away and that the perpetrator took the lives of his two grandparents at home prior to heading to the school. He reported that the attacker died at a hospital.
FATHER WHO BOUGHT AR-15 FOR GEORGIA SCHOOL SHOOTER LEARNS FATE IN FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND CONVICTION

Emergency responders walk with a stretcher outside a school following a shooting in Bang Kruai district, Nonthaburi province, north of Thailand’s capital Bangkok, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP via Getty Images)
Trairong reported that the weapon was thought to have been taken from a member of the shooter’s family.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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