Author: Nico Brambila
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Colorado’s unauthorized immigrant population jumps by 40,000 in 2 years, Pew reports
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The population of immigrants illegally staying in America rose by more than 40,000 in just two years in Colorado, a new report has found. In 2021, this population in Colorado was estimated to be 160,000. Just two years later, that figure had ballooned to more…
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DEA, ICE raid of Denver apartments raises legal questions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The battering ram that tore through the Denver apartment door of Felicia Gurule’s family friend, “Pops,” left more than a mangled lock and splintered wood. It triggered questions in some quarters about constitutional boundaries of immigration raids — as well as defense by others of…
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Report links higher discipline rates to lower test scores in Colorado’s largest districts
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Students in Colorado’s largest school districts who face more discipline tended to have lower test scores, according to a new report that examined student behavior and academic achievement across 21 districts. Conducted by the Common Sense Institute, researchers billed the report as the first comprehensive…
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Trump administration plans to reopen Colorado prison north of Denver for ICE detainees
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Trump administration has told Colorado’s Congressional delegation it plans to reopen the shuttered Hudson Correctional Facility as an immigration detention center. Located about 30 miles northeast of Denver in Weld County, the Hudson Correctional Facility is a medium-security prison that closed a decade ago.…
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Kaiser Permanente ends gender transition services for minors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Citing pressure from the Trump administration, Kaiser Permanente is the latest health system to acquiesce to demands that it cease providing gender transition services to minors that includes chemical or surgical procedures. Kaiser CEO Greg A. Adams announced the change in an email to executives,…
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Neguse, Crow sue Trump administration over lack of access to immigration detention centers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A dozen Democratic lawmakers — led by U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse — have filed a lawsuit challenging what they allege is the Trump administration’s “unlawful obstruction” of their oversight in blocking lawmakers access to federal immigration detention centers. Filed Wednesday, the suit asserts members of…
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ICE arrests more than 200 immigrants over weeklong sweep in metro Denver
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save During a weeklong operation earlier this month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 243 immigrants in the metro Denver area, part of the Trump administration’s intensified enforcement on the illegal immigration front. The agency confirmed the arrests occurred between July 12 and July 20. ICE…
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Homeschooling grows in Colorado as worries over safety, drugs, bullying overtake religious motives
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Homeschooling is on the rise in Colorado, with enrollment growing 51% over the past decade — far outpacing traditional public schools. While homeschooling once primarily appealed to families looking for curriculum aligned with their religious beliefs, today’s parents are more likely to cite concerns about…
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Denver’s spending on immigration way down
During a congressional hearing earlier this week, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston told lawmakers that the city is spending 90% less on the humanitarian response to the immigrant influx than at the height of the crisis last year. So, what are Denver taxpayers still spending money on? With housing accounting for the preponderance of the city’s…
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‘Sanctuary’ hearing: Republicans threaten to refer mayors of Denver, Chicago, Boston to DOJ for criminal investigation
The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on “sanctuary cities” took a sharp turn Wednesday with Republican members threatening to refer Democratic mayors, such as Mike Johnston, to the Department of Justice for criminal investigation. U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican, called the failure of Democratic mayors from Boston, Chicago,…