immigration

Ms. Rachel brings children’s letters from ICE custody to Capitol Hill, including those from Colorado Springs family

Updated 6 days ago

Rachel Accurso — best known as Ms. Rachel — marched the steps of Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon to share handwritten letters and drawings from children,...

A tale of two debates | Vince Bzdek

Updated 2 weeks ago

Ballots go out Monday as the June 30 state primary elections bear down on us. As a result, it is suddenly the season of proliferating political debates,...

Colorado expands state inspection authority over ICE detention centers

Updated 2 weeks ago

Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday signed a bill that broadens Colorado’s power to conduct health and safety inspections at federal immigration detention centers. Additionally, the...

DOJ joins challenge to Colorado U-Visa law

Updated 2 weeks ago

The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to challenge Colorado’s U-Visa law, arguing it conflicts with federal immigration rules by broadening who qualifies for law...

Prosecutor: ICE protesters who interrupted Minnesota church service won’t face state charges

Updated 2 weeks ago

Public defender: Boulder firebomber’s federal case in possible jeopardy if family is deported

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado’s Jewish community rallies against ICE in support of El Gamal family

Updated 3 weeks ago

Congressional panel probes Denver, Boulder over ICE cooperation limits

Updated 4 weeks ago

ICE ‘materially violated’ order on warrantless arrests, Colorado judge says

Updated 1 month ago

Colorado Democrats eye new state requirements for ICE facilities

Updated 2 months ago

El Gamal family released from ICE custody, again, following federal court orders

Updated 2 months ago

El Gamal family taken back into ICE custody days after being released

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado Springs family released from Texas ICE facility following judge’s order

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado’s chief federal judge breaks with colleagues on issue of mandatory immigration detention

Updated 2 months ago

Judge urges Colorado Springs family of suspected Boulder firebomber be released from ICE facility

Updated 2 months ago

A federal magistrate on Monday recommended the release of a Colorado Springs-area mother and her five children, who have been detained at a Texas immigration...

ICE launches effort to uncover ‘birth tourism schemes’

Updated 2 months ago

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s administration plans to crack down on networks it says help pregnant women lie on visa applications in order to secure...

Federal judge releases man after 2 immigration judges disobey order

Updated 2 months ago

A federal judge released a man from immigration detention on Thursday after two different immigration judges disobeyed his order in the same case. “At this...

Colorado counties cannot challenge state law restricting immigration contracts, appeals court says

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday that counties lack standing to challenge a 2023 state law that restricts their ability to contract with the federal...

Federal judge warns of increasingly inadequate immigration bond hearings

Updated 2 months ago

Senate-passed farmworkers overtime bill easily clears Colorado House committee

Updated 2 months ago

Federal judge releases man immediately as consequence for immigration judge disobeying orders

Updated 2 months ago

Federal judge dismisses U.S. government lawsuit against Colorado, Denver’s ‘sanctuary’ laws

Updated 3 months ago

Five years from the fall of Afghanistan: A refugee’s plight

Updated 3 months ago

El Paso County transfers 47 to ICE custody over 5 months

Updated 3 months ago

Five-time Pulitzer winner to speak at Poor Richard’s

Updated 3 months ago

Denver airport gears up for spring break as TSA employees miss first paycheck

Updated 3 months ago

Can deliberation save democracy? | Vince Bzdek

Updated 3 months ago

Denver adopts face mask ban for law enforcement

Updated 4 months ago

Gov. Jared Polis moves to end ICE subpoena fight over Colorado workers’ personal data

Updated 4 months ago

The effort by Gov. Jared Polis to comply with an administrative subpoena from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for information held by several state agencies...

The freest man in Colorado history | Vince Bzdek

Updated 4 months ago

Every Coloradan should know the story of Buffalo Soldier John Taylor, who fought harder and longer than perhaps any man in our history to be...

Ken Salazar donates archives to Borderlands project, hoping history helps unify country

Updated 4 months ago

About the same time the Pilgrims were setting up shop 400 years ago in Plymouth, Ken Salazar’s family was scratching out a toehold in what...

Colorado policymakers scramble with prisons on track to exceed capacity

Updated 4 months ago

Colorado’s prison system is on track to exceed capacity within the next year, driven by a sharp slowdown in parole releases, staffing shortages and an...