The Colorado attorney general is suing a sheriff's deputy for his role in the detention last month of a University of Utah student by federal immigration officials.

The deputy purposely stalled a 19-year-old student so federal immigration officers could get into position to arrest her, Weiser said.

Colorado Attorney General sues deputy who passed University of Utah student's information to ICE Andy Byron, the now-former CEO of the data analytics firm Astronomer, has found himself at the center of an even messier viral firestorm.