The U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Friday that it had decided to standardize so-called 287(g) agreements rather than cancel them. The agreements grant broad immigration enforcement powers to local law enforcement agencies. In Colorado, and…
As a proposed national Latino census boycott receives increased media attention, many Latino and immigrant organizations in Colorado say they’re thankful the movement hasn’t taken hold so far in the Centennial State.
“We’re hoping it doesn’t become a huge issue here,” said Chandra Russo spokeswoman for the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition. “Latinos gain strength in numbers. Diminish the numbers and you diminish the influence and power of Latinos. Only uninformed people would propose something of this nature. They’re not aware of the damage they might do.”
In a presentation on recent discoveries of major marijuana-cultivation operations in Colorado, the U.S. Forest Service said it suspected an international cartel was behind the state’s hidden weed farms. Officials issued a warning that asked forest visitors to look…
Gov. Bill Ritter has ordered dozens of local police, state patrol and federal immigration officials to look for gaps in immigration enforcement following three tragic deaths allegedly caused by an undocumented driver. But immigrant rights groups fear the incident could give birth to more draconian laws in a state that already has some of the strictest immigration statutes in the nation.
No one is really sure how Francis Hernandez, an immigrant from Guatemala without valid identification, was able to continue driving on state roads after being arrested no less than 16 times for mostly misdemeanor offenses, but his record came to light when Hernandez was allegedly involved in a car accident that killed three Aurora residents, one of them a 3-year-old boy.
A statewide coalition of 39 organizations is looking to take a more active legislative role. That means running defense against GOP attempts to advance the state’s crackdown on illegal immigration, all the while trying to build support for bills that…
Continuing our new series, Colorado Confidential is publishing guest commentaries from politicos, former lawmakers, issues groups and others on their hopes for the 2008 state legislative session.
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