Glenwood Springs leaders vote to sue landlord of ICE detention center in state court

Coloradosun · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 07, 2026 · 721 words · By Colleen Slevin

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What to know about Glenwood Springs leaders vote to sue landlord of ICE detention center in state court

Glenwood Springs City Council members voted Thursday to sue the owner of the building where U.S.

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What happened

Glenwood Springs City Council members voted Thursday to sue the owner of the building where U.S.

Why it matters

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is running a short-term detention facility in violation of city zoning rules, hoping to avoid a more risky legal confrontation with the federal government as it attempts to stop the operation.

Common ground

The city’s attorney, Karl Hanlon, had initially recommended that council members pursue a lawsuit against the landlord as well as the federal government but warned that he would expect the federal government to push to get the case dismissed by asserting its…

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Claim 1: “In 2025, an ICE memo waived that internal procedure, allowing people to be held up to 72 hours in short-term facilities.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a 2025 ICE memo waiving procedures to allow 72-hour holds.

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Claim 2: “A similar legal fight is taking place in Portland, Oregon, where officials are locked in a dispute with the landlord of its short-term ICE holding facility after also finding that ICE violated a 12-hour hold rule which was part of the facility’s permit.”

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Claim 3: “the city issued [a special use permit] in 2003 so ICE could operate a detention facility in the leased space.”

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Aspen Journalism and other web results confirm that a special use permit was issued in 2003 for the ICE facility.

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web search NEUTRAL — Glenwood Springs is a home rule municipality and the county seat of Garfield County, Colorado, United States. According to the 2020 United States census, the city has a population of 9,963.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenwood_Springs,_Colorado

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web search NEUTRAL — The Glenwood Springs Planning and Zoning Commission approved a special use permit for the agency to operate in the Midland Center commercial space in 2003 after the town of Carbondale rejected a simil…
https://aspenjournalism.org/city-could-revoke-permit-after-d…

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web search NEUTRAL — The ICE facility was required to apply for a special use permit in 2003, in part because of its intended use as a short-term detention center, which was at odds with the property’s commercial zoning r…
https://aspenjournalism.org/as-data-shows-more-people-detain…

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Claim 4: “Glenwood Springs City Council members voted Thursday to sue the owner of the building where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is running a short-term detention facility”

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Multiple independent news sources (The Colorado Sun, The Slope, Aspen Times) confirm that the Glenwood Springs City Council voted to sue the landlord of the building housing the ICE facility.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Glenwood may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenwood

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — State Highway 82 (SH 82) is an 85.3-mile-long (137.3 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado. Its western half provides the principal transportation artery of the Roaring Fork Valley on the Co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_State_Highway_82

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — GSC may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSC

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Claim 5: “ICE has operated the office and holding center in a Glenwood Springs shopping center for more than 20 years.”

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The claim is confirmed by both a cross-reference from Colorado Sun and a web search result stating the facility has operated in a shopping center for more than 20 years.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hanging Lake is a lake in the U.S. State of Colorado. It is located in Glenwood Canyon, about 7 miles (11 km) east of Glenwood Springs, Colorado and is a popular tourist destination. When open, the la…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — KREG-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, United States, broadcasting the classic television network MeTV. It is owned by Weigel Broadcasting, and has a transmitter at…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tinley Moraine is a moraine around the Lake Michigan basin in North America. It was formed during the Wisconsin Glaciation and is younger than the higher and wider terminal moraine called the Valp…
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Claim 6: “The property is owned by JG Housing Solutions, LLC, which is operated by Jeff Gillespie.”

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Both The Colorado Sun and The Slope report that the property is owned by JG Housing Solutions, LLC, which is operated by Jeff Gillespie.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician and songwriter. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of abou…
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Claim 7: “A city summary of the data says hold times exceeded that limit seven times last year.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim that hold times were exceeded seven times last year.

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Claim 8: “Federal records obtained by the Deportation Data Project showed that hold times exceeded the 12-hour limit between 2022 and 2025.”

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Multiple sources cite the Deportation Data Project regarding hold times exceeding 12 hours, with dates spanning 2022 to 2026 (which covers the 2022-2025 range).

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web search NEUTRAL — Figures from the Deportation Data Project show that 18% of detainees placed into ICE hold rooms were kept there longer than 12 hours, up from only about 4% in 2024. Orders limiting releases are listed…
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-10/up-to-seven-days-i…

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web search NEUTRAL — From October of 2022 to March of 2026, 149 people have been held in the Glenwood Springs hold facility, all but seventeen of those since Trump took office, according to the most current data from the …
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/08/how-the-people-of-…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to Aspen Journalism’s analysis of ICE data published by the Deportation Data Project between Oct. 1, 2022, and March 10, there were three days when there were five or more people held at a t…
https://aspenjournalism.org/as-data-shows-more-people-detain…

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Claim 9: “the city’s planning and zoning commission to revoke its permit in April after the city determined that ICE had held some people longer than the 12 hours that the city had allowed.”

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While other claims confirm the permit was revoked, the specific evidence provided for claim 3 consists of irrelevant search results (card games, other cities). No evidence in the provided set specifically confirms the 'April' date or the '12-hour' reason for the revocation in this specific claim's evidence block, although other claims mention these details.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bonnie Springs Ranch was an attraction near Blue Diamond, Nevada that included an 1880s Western town replica and a zoo. It is located on 63.86 acres (25.84 ha) in the Mojave Desert, below the Spring M…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Norrie (also known as the Norrie Colony) is a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The population of the Norrie CDP was 7 at the United Stat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrie,_Colorado

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Claim 10: “Despite the revocation, ICE has continued to operate in the building, according to city officials.”

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Multiple sources (Aspen Times, 'How the People of Glenwood Springs Helped...') confirm that ICE continued to operate the facility after the permit was revoked.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Grandstaff (~1830s or 1840s – 1901) was an American cowboy and frontiersman who lived in Ohio before settling in Utah Territory and Colorado. Born into slavery, verified information about Gran…
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Claim 11: “The permit set a 12-hour maximum hold time for people detained there.”

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While the 12-hour limit is mentioned in the context of other claims, the specific evidence provided for claim 6 does not explicitly state the 12-hour mandate in the snippets provided, though it is implied by the overall narrative. However, no two independent sources in the provided evidence for this specific claim explicitly confirm the 12-hour limit.

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web search NEUTRAL — ICE’s field office and holding facility is not included on a sign at the entrance to the Midland Center in west Glenwood Springs listing businesses and agencies based out of the commercial space. The …
https://aspenjournalism.org/as-data-shows-more-people-detain…

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web search NEUTRAL — In 2003, P&Z originally granted a special use permit to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), acting on behalf of ICE, to operate a short-term holding facility and office in the Midland Busi…
https://soprissun.com/permit-revoked-for-glenwood-springs-im…

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