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Tag: undocumented
Undocumented: A life, a home and a family in the rural...
This story is the first in a series that examines a community grappling with uncertainties around immigration in one of Colorado’s poorest rural counties.
Before...
News Poetry: Undocumented?
Every day wear sturdy shoes
in case you need to run.
Pack a small bag, keep it
light and close.
Sew money into the lining
of your coat.
Bid your...
Wiretap: SCOTUS tie means millions of immigrants lose
Big loss
After oral arguments Monday on Obama's immigration plan, it looks like it could well be a 4-4 tie at the short-handed Supreme Court....
Democrats aim to fix the immigrant driver’s license debacle
Marvin, an undocumented Latino immigrant in Denver, has been calling to schedule an appointment to get his driver’s license for more than a year....
Saint Patrick’s Day Knows No Borders
Saint Patrick’s Day quit being political to most people in the United States a long time ago. But this year, U.S. immigrant rights organizers...
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.
Immigration action: Sí se pudo! ‘It’s a little bit “Ya we...
At the front of a packed room at Denver’s 100% De Agave Thursday night, Lupe Santibáñez and her husband Carlos Sepulveda stood perfectly still, arms around each other and wet eyes fixed on one of the half dozen screens that surrounded them. For 15 minutes President Barack Obama’s voice echoed from every corner of the room ...
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.
‘Taking each day as it comes’
Jorge Tellez grew up in Colorado, an all-American kid. He's also one of the country's nearly 2 million undocumented immigration-reform Dreamers.