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Polis urges Senate to move forward on immigration reform

U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, fresh off appointment to the House Judiciary Committee, took to the U.S. House floor Wednesday to urge the U.S. Senate...

Polis: ‘287(g)’ immigration crackdown laws create ‘sweep of terror’

A federal program known as 287(g), which grants broad immigration enforcement powers to local law enforcement agencies, has resulted in a "sweep of terror,"...

New immigration enforcement agreements frustrate Coloradans

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....