At least one Mancos resident has received anti-immigration mail, and Marshal Justen Goodall warned locals to be on alert.
Goodall called it a “scam.”
He said the Marshal’s Office was made aware of the incident after the recipient brought forward the mail.
Goodall said the letter claimed to represent the National Police Association, and the letter said Mancos has been designated as a “sanctuary city” by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and used anti-immigrant rhetoric to solicit donations.
“There is no supporting documentation showing the town of Mancos is a ‘sanctuary city,’” Goodall said.
Ed Hutchison with the National Police Association told The Journal in an email that the 501(c)3 nonprofit did not call Mancos a “sanctuary city.” In fact, the letter obtained by The Journal and addressed to a Mancos Post Office box, told the recipient that he lived in a “sanctuary area.”
Hutchison declined to speak with a Journal reporter on the phone.
Goodall said he knew of only one person who received the letter.
“Do not give money to people that call on the phone or send letters with threatening statements,” Goodall said.
