DENVER (MyFOXColorado.com) - A Republican state senator has proposed a constitutional amendment that would bar prosecutors from striking plea deals with illegal immigrants that would keep them in the United States.


Sen. Ted Harvey of Highlands Ranch has introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 4 in response to a plea deal made by Gov. Bill Ritter when he was Denver district attorney.

Harvey said he believes Denver is trying to become a "sanctuary city" to protect illegal immigrants.

Ritter's 2006 opponent, Republican Bob Beauprez, ran campaign ads criticizing Ritter for a plea deal that allowed an illegal immigrant to avoid deportation. The immigrant later was accused of committing a sex crime in California.

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