Mayor Mike Johnston’s pointed comments last week about Denverites resisting a federal mass-deportation effort — including a suggestion that he would mobilize the Denver police department to face off with federal and National Guard troops — have generated blowback in Colorado and across the country.

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said he would work with the incoming Trump administration on deporting violent criminals, but not all deportations.

"But look, me and the Denver mayor, we agree on one thing — he's willing to go to jail. I'm willing to put him in jail because there — there's a statute."