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Yes.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers can use RTD transit for free under a policy that waives fares for all local, state and federal law enforcement officers. 

The policy applies to uniformed officers and those not in uniform who can show a government-issued photo ID and their badge. Retired officers must pay for transit services. 

The Regional Transportation District provides public transportation in eight counties in the metro Denver area. The system comprises bus, rail, shuttles, paratransit services, van pools and other forms of transportation. 

RTD also provides free transportation to children under the age of 18, firefighters and U.S. military members. 

ICE began stepping up enforcement efforts in Colorado in 2025 under President Donald Trump’s nationwide deportation effort. Between January and October last year, ICE arrested at least 3,522 people in Colorado, 70% of whom were later deported. 

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Correspondence with RTD spokesperson Tara Broghammer, RTD, Jan. 2, 2026. Source link

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Deportation Data Project, accessed Jan. 4, 2026. Source link

ICE arrested more than 3,500 people in 2025, The Colorado Sun, Dec. 31, 2025. Source link

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Cassis Tingley is a Denver-based freelance journalist. She’s spent the last three years covering topics ranging from political organizing and death doulas in the Denver community to academic freedom and administrative accountability at the...