Donald Trump's enhanced deportation policy is harming law enforcement, according to a local Colorado prosecutor.
Brian Mason, district attorney for Colorado's 17th district, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday to discuss Trump's immigration policies.
Part of Mason's jurisdiction includes Aurora, where Trump claimed during the campaign that illegal immigrant gangs had taken over apartment buildings.
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Asked about the impact of Trump's policies, Mason said, "My job as a local prosecutor is to charge criminals who have committed violent crimes. I have to prove those cases, though, and in order to prove those cases, I have to have the cooperation of the victims of those crimes and witnesses."
He added, "When a victim of a crime is afraid to come to the courthouse in Adams County because ICE is patrolling the parking lot, as they allegedly were this week, that impacts my ability to keep our community safe."
He then said, "When witnesses won't come to court because they're afraid that they're going to get deported, then I have to dismiss those cases. And if we're dismissing cases or giving sweetheart deals on cases, because our evidence has been dramatically undermined, that means, I can't keep our community safe."
