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Her case helped change Colorado immigration law. But she could still...

Claudia Valdez, a domestic violence survivor and undocumented single mother of three, helped bring about enormous changes to state immigration law. Valdez, 40, was arrested...

ICE: 34 immigrants arrested this month in Colorado, Wyoming will be...

Earlier this summer, President Donald Trump threatened “millions” of undocumented immigrants would be arrested in a crackdown in cities across the nation, including Denver.  In...

Guest Post: Who among us is proud to fly an American...

On Friday July 12th, a diverse group of leftist organizations and activists known as the Coalition to Close the Concentration Camps (CCCC) marched in...

For Colorado immigrants, an extraordinary moment of dread and empowerment “This...

The good news for Coloradans fearing deportation is that, after the federal government promised Denver would be targeted as part of nationwide raids and...

Colorado’s immigrant community is in panic mode "Now, people are scared...

Josefyna Nava was in middle school when she first learned the knock. Seven beats, spaced in a rhythm shared with few. “It’s a family thing. It’s...

Guest Post: Gov. Polis’s refusal to protect Colorado’s immigrants creates fear,...

As a mother of two young boys, I am daily finding ways to help them grow into strong human beings, seeking justice, loving mercy,...

Guest Post: Why we must pass the Dream and Promise...

For nearly two decades, working immigrant Coloradans who gained an opportunity to live and work in our communities under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS)...

The education crisis for children of deported parents In Tijuana, an...

When Angie Romero thinks about the home in Idaho she left seven years ago after her husband, Mike, was deported, she misses the wide,...

Jeff Sessions promotes “law and order,” condemns Colorado sanctuary cities during...

It cannot be acceptable in the United States, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday in Denver, that an undocumented person can cross the U.S.-Mexico...

Guest Post: ICE’s modern-day reign of terror

NOTE: The Colorado Independent occasionally runs guest posts from government officials, local experts and concerned citizens on a variety of topics. These posts are meant to...