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White activists march in Denver against racist political rhetoric

When Donald Trump announced plans to come to Denver, activists in a white anti-racist group planned to march downtown tonight to protest racism in...

Immigration activist one step closer to victory

After seven years fighting deportation, Jeannette Vizguerra finally has some good news. On Wednesday, the longtime Denver resident and mother of three told a crowd of...

Supreme Court Decision to Hear Immigration Case Sparks Celebration

The Supreme Court will be hearing a case that kept the Obama administration from shielding undocumented families from deportation. Today, immigrant rights activists will...

Wiretap: Anger’s growing at Obama’s deportations

Rising anger The anger against the Obama administration is growing with each new round of deportations. Via The Washington Post. Not tenable Paul Krugman: Hillary Clinton is...

Marijuana may be legal in Colorado, but for immigrants it’s still...

Immigrants in Colorado face their own version of reefer madness as they deal with a dichotomy in state and federal drug laws that is...

Undocumented immigrant Jeanette Vizguerra celebrates small victory

The Colorado Independent has been following the story of Jeanette Vizguerra -- an undocumented immigrant in Denver. There have been ups and downs in...

Bringing Papá home for the holidays, from immigration detention

When immigration authorities first came to Jose Luis Guerrero Luna's door in Aurora, they were looking for someone else. "We didn't really know our rights...

Blog: Immigration reform as viewed from a classroom

How many brothers and sisters do you have? Do your mother and father speak English? How long have you lived in Colorado? When the answers keep changing, you learn to stop asking the questions.

Speaking their names: Aurora student talks undocumented parents

They're not abstract lawbreakers, freeloaders or hardworking community members unfairly relegated to the shadows. Naza thinks his family is really just so normal.

In wake of GOP gains, calls intensify for executive action on...

"We urge Obama to focus our limited immigration enforcement resources on criminals who are truly dangerous and pose a threat to national security or to our communities."