WATCH: Hickenlooper, Dreamer Caroline Dias Goncalves Highlight Cruelty of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Ahead of State of the Union

Hickenlooper voted against DHS funding bill because it did nothing to overhaul ICE earlier this month

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper released a video to his social media featuring Caroline Dias Goncalves, his guest at President Trump's State of the Union address today. She is a 20-year-old Dreamer who was detained by ICE in Colorado last year.

Watch on Hickenlooper's Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Bluesky, and TikTok accounts. Download a high-quality version of the video HERE.

"Caroline was pulled over while driving through Colorado last June and detained by ICE. She spent 15 days in the ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colorado. She has zero criminal record and is here in the U.S. legally, but that didn't stop ICE from targeting her. It's clear that ICE needs a top-to-bottom overhaul, and we're going to go into the State of the Union tonight to try and send that message to President Trump," said Hickenlooper in the video.

Dias Goncalves is a 20-year-old student at the University of Utah. Last June, Dias Goncalves was pulled over during a traffic stop in Colorado, where she was arrested by ICE and detained in the Aurora ICE detention facility for 15 days. Dias Goncalves is a Dreamer and raised in the U.S. since she was seven years old. Hickenlooper, his office, and organizations like TheDream.US were involved in demanding answers from ICE about Dias Goncalves' arrest and ensuring that Dias Goncalves was released. Yesterday, Hickenlooper announced Dias Goncalves as his guest to President Trump's State of the Union address.

Hickenlooper has been outspoken in the face of ICE's lawlessness and continues to demand a top-to-bottom overhaul of the agency to stop ICE from terrorizing our communities. Hickenlooper also voted against the DHS funding bill because it failed to overhaul ICE. He has consistently pushed for moreoversight and transparency for federal immigration enforcement efforts, and has worked to help families desperately searching for loved ones arrested by ICE. Last month, Hickenlooper spoke on the Senate floor to denounce the horrifying killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, condemn the reports that families in Eagle County found "Death cards" left in the cars of family members taken by ICE agents, and to demand the overhaul of ICE. He's shown up at ICE facilities to conduct congressional oversight visits and raise concerns about ICE disregarding due process. He helped launch an investigation into ICE's unlawful obstruction of congressional oversight and introduced bills to ban ICE from wearing masks, prevent immigration enforcement from targeting schools, hospitals, polling locations, and places of worship, and cut back the excessive funding that MAGA Republicans gave them.

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