Denver mayor says he will encourage protests against Trump’s mass deportations

Mike Johnston also said he was prepared to go to jail to stop the deportations that the president-elect has promised

Denver’s Democrat mayor, Mike Johnston, has said he will encourage people to protest mass migrant deportations planned by president-elect Donald Trump in Colorado, as civic leaders in “sanctuary cities” begin to plan their response to the threat.

In an interview with Denver’s channel 9, Johnston, 50, said he is willing to go to jail to stop any deportation efforts. Denver’s neighboring city of Aurora has been a focus of the debate over migration after three apartment complexes were allegedly taken over by Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua.