El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder plans to appeal a court ruling that prevents him from holding inmates who have posted bond for possible deportation.
District Court Judge Eric Bentley ruled Tuesday that Elder cannot use requests from ICE to continue holding inmates after they have paid bond.
According to court documents, the two named plaintiffs - Saul Cisneros and Rut Noemi Chavez Rodriguez - both attempted to post bond, but the sheriff's office told them it wouldn't be accepted because they were on ICE holds.
The most recent EPSO policy stated the office would hold people for up to 48 hours to give ICE an opportunity to provide proper documentation and take them into custody.
Bentley's judgment came after the ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit.
In a statement, El Paso County says it will ask the Colorado Supreme Court to consider the preliminary ruling, saying it involves an "unsettled area of law."
