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On Wednesday, the city will host a fundraiser for its nearly-$400,000 legal fund to help defend immigrants at risk of deportation. Mayor Michael Hancock authorized the Denver Immigrant Legal Services Fund with an executive order in 2017. Denver is among the top 20 metro areas in the country in its number of undocumented immigrants, and…

The National Immigration Forum handed U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado a valuable credential Thursday, as the Republican officeholder from Colorado accepted the National Immigration Forum’s Courage to Lead award. Gardner was the co-winner with Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois for his bipartisan work on immigration issues. “I was honored to receive the ‘Courage…

The state has asked a federal judge to make the U.S. Department of Justice release millions of dollars for law enforcement, held up over an immigration policy dispute. The Denver Post reported that between 2005 and 2017, Colorado received $40 million from a federal grant program to policing agencies known as Byrne JAG. Under the…

U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn from Colorado Springs has been one of President Trump’s most reliable allies, but now he’s taking steps to intervene in the conflict unleashed when his fellow Republican in the White House pulled U.S. troops out of Syria two weeks ago. The withdrawal left the American-allied Kurds to fend for themselves against…

In a rare show of unity, all seven members of Colorado’s U.S. House congressional delegation voted in favor of a resolution that opposes President Trump’s decision to end the country’s efforts that previously prevented Turkish military operations against Kurdish forces in northern Syria. The resolution, H.J. Res. 77, passed with 354 “yes” votes, including 129…

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Monday that he’s “deeply concerned” about President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to pull U.S. troops out of northern Syria in a move numerous Trump loyalists warn could endanger a key ally in the region while strengthening the Islamic State. “I am deeply concerned that this decision fails to protect allies…

Colorado and 16 other states have filed a brief for their lawsuit challenging the Trump administration for terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Attorney General Phil Weiser announced in March that the state was joining the lawsuit, which puts the 17,300 Colorado residents in the program at risk for deportation. The brief, filed…