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New Colorado law enhances state protections for at-risk immigrants
The legislature’s action, which Gov. Jared Polis signed Friday, risks further lawsuits and funding cuts by a White House ...
Colorado enacts new guardrails on federal immigration enforcement
Gov. Jared Polis signed a new law Friday to further limit federal immigration authorities’ access to public buildings and ...
EDITORIAL: Two cities, two mayors — poles apart on illegal immigration
A Gazette news report last week contrasting the starkly different approaches to illegal immigration by Colorado’s two largest ...
Colorado increases penalties for wage theft under bill signed by Gov. Jared Polis
House Bill 1001 also increases the amount of money employees can recoup from successful wage theft claims to $13,000 from ...
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Federal cops spent weeks tracking young immigrants, was it for their safety, or to make deportation easier?
An initiative obtained by CPR News referred to unaccompanied minors as “targets” and indicates that ICE actually had multiple ...
From immigration to gun control and transgender rights, Colorado state lawmakers debated long list of controversial issues this session
A scandal at the Colorado Bureau of Investigation prompted the biggest criminal justice bill of the session. It ensures defendants and victims are notified if DNA evidence in their case may have been ...
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Colorado governor signals willingness to sign bill inoculating immigrants from Trump policies | ANALYSIS
Gov. Jared Polis said while he had "major problems" with an earlier version of a proposal that sought to inoculate immigrants ...
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Ski Town Immigration Advocates Push Back on Trump Crackdown as Polis Weighs Protection Bill
Colorado’s mountain resort towns would grind to a halt without immigrant labor, and Elizabeth Velasco – a state lawmaker who ...