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Tag: Immigration
In stunner, conflicted Denver City Council kills contracts with private prison...
Taking an extraordinary stand against the nation’s two largest private prison companies, GEO Group and CoreCivic, Denver City Council voted late Monday not to...
Guest Post: Our moral imperative to stand up to GEO Group...
Given the U.S government’s increasing criminal disregard for the human rights of immigrants, we the members of Sanctuary for All Colorado applaud the congressional...
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...
Colorado PERA members helping support private prisons, immigration detention centers There...
The roughly 600,000 Coloradans who pay into the state retirement fund for public employees are, in a small way, helping to support the private...
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...
Photos: Massive crowd rallies at ICE detention center in Aurora More...
Editor's note: This photo story has been updated with statements from the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition and the Boulder County Democratic Socialists of America.
Hundreds...
Ask the Indy: How can I help refugees and immigrants living...
Indy reader Carol Kreck, a retired reporter from the Denver Post and a longtime Denver resident, posed a question to Ask the Indy: How...
The growing movement to force change at Aurora’s troubled ICE detention...
In recent months, a steady beat of complaints and official reports have painted a picture of dehumanizing, and, at times, dangerous conditions within the...
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...
Government report finds rights violations at Colorado ICE detention center
The private prison company that runs the immigrant detention center in Aurora is violating detainee rights and federal standards by denying outdoor recreation time,...