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June 3, 2009
Archbishop Charles Chaput works both sides of political fence
Archbishop Charles Chaput. Denver-based Archbishop Charles Chaput has grown more political since taking over as head of the city's archdiocese in 1997 -- and he spoke out early and often about the politics of abortion during the run-up to the 2008 presidential vote. As such, even his condemnation ... More >>
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December 20, 2007
Tancs for the Memories, Tom
Archbishop Charles Chaput. Denver-based Archbishop Charles Chaput has grown more political since taking over as head of the city's archdiocese in 1997 -- and he spoke out early and often about the politics of abortion during the run-up to the 2008 presidential vote. As such, even his condemnation ... More >>
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June 2, 2009
Immigrant-rights activists kick off campaign
There's a painfully obvious division within the Denver population that's attributable to a broken immigration system, says Julie Gonzales, political coordinator for the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition. "A lot of people within the immigrant community feel like they have to separate themselves ... More >>
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November 6, 2008
ICE deportations in Denver set record; see the release here
There's a painfully obvious division within the Denver population that's attributable to a broken immigration system, says Julie Gonzales, political coordinator for the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition. "A lot of people within the immigrant community feel like they have to separate themselves ... More >>
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July 14, 2005
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July 3, 2008
Cesar Chavez Says
Yes, he was against illegal immigration -- but he was also pro-Aztlan.
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April 24, 2008
Letters to the Editor
Letters from the week of 4/24/2008
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March 3, 2005
Trial by Wire
There's lots of cash and carrying on over First Data's south-of-the-border business.
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September 25, 2003
Russian Roulette
The bride says she married for love; her mother-in-law suspects it was money. The only person who can settle the dispute is dead.
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May 1, 2009
Tom Tancredo continues his free-speech tour at Providence College
Since leaving Congress earlier this year, past Westword profile subject Tom Tancredo has been taking his immigration-reform crusade to locations around the country -- and as documented in Alan Prendergast's April 15 blog "Obnoxious North Carolina Students Leave Tom Tancredo Speechless," he hasn't ... More >>
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June 16, 2009
Read Archbishop Charles Chaput's argument for immigration reform
Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput. Denver Archibishop Charles Chaput is typically thought of as a conservative, and no wonder, since he regularly implies that voting for a politician who supports abortion rights is tantamount to helping the ghost of George Tiller section a fetus in its eighth month. ... More >>
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December 7, 2009
Immigrant hot potato one reason for ongoing protests at Aurora detention center
A photo of an ICE bust in progress, from the organization's 2008 annual report.Since May, an interfaith group has staged a vigil the first Monday of each month at the Aurora Contract Detention Facility, 11901 East 30th Avenue -- and they'll be there again tonight at 6 p.m. Among the many rea ... More >>
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January 22, 2010
For Christ's sake: Local Evangelicals plan Civic Center Park rally for immigration reform
A Flickr photoJeff Johnsen, the executive director of Mile High Ministries, a collaboration of urban churches in Denver, thinks its time that Evangelical Christians spoke up about immigration. "The way we've worked out our social concern is caring for the poor: helping the homeless, feeding ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Ask a Mexican: The April Fool's Day Minuteman Project edition
Editor's note: Because this week we present the 2010 version of our annual Best of Denver issue, some of our regular features are taking the week off -- but not Gustavo Arellano's Ask a Mexican column, spiced up just for April 1. Dear Readers: In honor of April Fool's Day, I turn this column ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
Glenn Beck co-host Pat Gray: AZ illegals aren't like pre-WWII Jews in Germany -- because the Jews were citizens
Their German citizenship didn't exactly solve their problems.Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis likes Arizona's controversial new immigration law a whole lot more than does Representative Jared Polis, who told Politico that requiring immigrants to have their papers on them at all ... More >>
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April 30, 2010
Arizona immigration bill: Colorado students plan afternoon protest walkout
An image from ColoradoImmigrant.org featuring participants from a previous event.Yesterday, Denver Public Schools announced on a ban on all work-related travel to Arizona due to the recent passage of a controversial immigration bill that Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis digs and ... More >>
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May 4, 2010
Arizona immigration bill: Removing one word won't stop Colorado protests, advocate says
An image from ColoradoImmigrant.org.Last Friday, we previewed a student walkout decrying the controversial new Arizona immigration law. On Saturday, the events continued here and in several other locations across the state. These get-togethers were well attended everywhere, says Chandra Russ ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
ICE, Loveland Police arrest eleven in operation targeting "foreign-born gang members"
Courtesy US Immigration and Customs EnforcementICE men in action.Amid the uproar stirred by the new Arizona immigration law -- travel bans by Denver Public Schools and the City of Boulder, plus student walkouts and weekend rallies -- US Immigration Customs and Enforcement, known as ICE, conti ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
Immigrant Rights Coalition decries death of bill targeting state's worst job
Not much of a home on the range.In January, Alan Prendergast argued that herding sheep may be Colorado's worst job. He cited research from Colorado Legal Services showing that the vast majority of herders, many of them brought to the U.S. by industry types from Peru, Bolivia or Mexico, "don't ... More >>
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May 10, 2010
Tom Tancredo's favorite new trivia game: "Illegal Immigration"
Photo by John JohnstonTom Tancredo engages in some gamesmanship.Looking for a fun new board game to while away these lovely spring afternoons? Anti-immigration firebrand Tom Tancredo has the perfect suggestion. As the Colorado Independent first reported, Tancredo fired up his Twitter account ... More >>
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May 10, 2010
Immigration reform must happen now, says Denver City Council proclamation
Chris Nevitt has something to proclaim.The controversial Arizona immigration bill hasn't stopped any folks from coming into this country illegally yet. After all, it won't take effect until July. But it's certainly led to a bumper crop of proclamations, including denunciations by Denver Publi ... More >>
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May 11, 2010
Immigration Center: Business that allegedly faked fed link hit with $2.5 million judgment
A Flickr photoAs Denver City Councilman Chris Nevitt noted yesterday in support of a proclamation demanding comprehensive immigration reform, "I think the two sides of this debate have demonized each other. The immigration-rights folks look at the people who pursued the Arizona measure as bei ... More >>
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May 19, 2010
WeHireAliens.com not for job hunters -- or John Hickenlooper
Amid the white-hot debates raging over Arizona's new immigration law, it's harder than ever to separate the spluttering from the substance when it comes to immigration policy. Especially if you're trying to make sense of the über-patriotic sentiments found online at Wehirealiens.com. A pro ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
Letters: Gustavo Arellano, go home (or at least to Arizona)
Amid the white-hot debates raging over Arizona's new immigration law, it's harder than ever to separate the spluttering from the substance when it comes to immigration policy. Especially if you're trying to make sense of the über-patriotic sentiments found online at Wehirealiens.com. A pro ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Greeley to be "transparent"
These ICE men probably aren't dealing with money laundering...A July 2008 Greeley Tribune article predicted that "an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, a flashpoint of controversy when it was proposed three years ago, will open this fall in Greeley." Wrong. It took nearly two more y ... More >>
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May 28, 2010
Tom Tancredo and his band to star at Arizona immigration rally: Kenny Be's Fotochop Friday
While many of America's celebrities announce their Arizona boycott plans, Colorado's most famous performer is preparing a big show of support. Inspired by the new immigration law passed by the Arizona state legislature, Tom Tancredo is getting the band back together.
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June 3, 2010
Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border
While many of America's celebrities announce their Arizona boycott plans, Colorado's most famous performer is preparing a big show of support. Inspired by the new immigration law passed by the Arizona state legislature, Tom Tancredo is getting the band back together.
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July 2, 2010
Tom Tancredo's advice to President Obama about how to solve illegal immigration
Tom Tancredo.Strange but true: Former congressman Tom Tancredo agrees with something in President Barack Obama said in his immigration-reform speech at American University yesterday -- specifically, his assertion that "our borders are just too vast for us to be able to solve the problem only ... More >>
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July 6, 2010
Arizona immigration law: Boulder's proposal attacks policies placing immigrants at risk
Jane Brautigam.In May, we told you about Boulder City Manager Jane Brautigam's authorization of a ban on travel to Arizona over SB 1070, that state's controversial new immigration law. At its 6 p.m. meeting tonight, the Boulder City Council will decide whether to continue the prohibition an ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
Welcome to Mi Pueblito
The small-town, family-farm lifestyle that we love to celebrate is being preserved -- thanks to Mexican immigrants.
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August 12, 2010
Inside America's kidnapping capital of Phoenix, Arizona
The small-town, family-farm lifestyle that we love to celebrate is being preserved -- thanks to Mexican immigrants.
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August 18, 2010
Arizona immigration law: Critic tells CO reps not to go from bad policy to unconstitutional kind
Julie Gonzales.At this writing, a delegation of Colorado lawmakers, including Representative Kent Lambert, is in Arizona to discuss how best to launch a version of the state's controversial immigration law here. To Julie Gonzales, political coordinator for the Colorado Immigrant Reform Coali ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Letters: Monica Alonzo's coyotes story should be required reading on the immigration issue
Julie Gonzales.At this writing, a delegation of Colorado lawmakers, including Representative Kent Lambert, is in Arizona to discuss how best to launch a version of the state's controversial immigration law here. To Julie Gonzales, political coordinator for the Colorado Immigrant Reform Coali ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
Immigration rally in favor of DREAM Act tries to prove people power stronger than politics
At 4 p.m. today, a rally will be held in support of the DREAM Act, a proposal that would allow select undocumented students who've lived in America for at least five years and graduate from a U.S. high school the chance to earn legal residency status. The measure faces steep obstacles -- but ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
DREAM Act rejection will come back to haunt Republicans, warns CO immigrant advocate
At the rally.On Monday, advocates rallied at North High School in favor of the DREAM Act, which would have provided a path to citizenship for undocumented graduates from U.S. high schools. (See a recap and photos here.) But yesterday, Senate Republicans stalled the measure, likely killing it ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Immigration busts: In fiscal 2010, ICE took 6,617 people from Denver area, 4,447 criminals
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is focusing on busting criminal aliens -- like the 78 people recently rounded up statewide. And there's more where they came from. ICE has just released statistics for fiscal 2010, which ended September 30. The arrestee total for the Denver area of re ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
Road to nowhere: The men who are caught transporting illegal immigrants rarely pay the price
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is focusing on busting criminal aliens -- like the 78 people recently rounded up statewide. And there's more where they came from. ICE has just released statistics for fiscal 2010, which ended September 30. The arrestee total for the Denver area of re ... More >>
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November 29, 2010
Kevin Lundberg on CO Republican immigration summit: Current policies have no teeth
Kevin Lundberg.Speaking moments before the start of today's immigration summit at the State Capitol, Senator Kevin Lundberg, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, portrays the session as an attempt to tackle an important issue in a post-election environment that will give him and his fe ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
Immigration summit gathering of extremists eager for personal gain, says Dem Rep. Sal Pace
Sal Pace.In yesterday's preview of an immigration summit organized by the Republican Study Committee, Senator Kevin Lundberg, the committee's chairman, insisted that he was more interested in finding solutions to a big problem than playing partisan games. But Representative Sal Pace, leader ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Mexican Macro-economics
Sal Pace.In yesterday's preview of an immigration summit organized by the Republican Study Committee, Senator Kevin Lundberg, the committee's chairman, insisted that he was more interested in finding solutions to a big problem than playing partisan games. But Representative Sal Pace, leader ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
FAIR-y Tales
Sal Pace.In yesterday's preview of an immigration summit organized by the Republican Study Committee, Senator Kevin Lundberg, the committee's chairman, insisted that he was more interested in finding solutions to a big problem than playing partisan games. But Representative Sal Pace, leader ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Return to Sender
What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?
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January 31, 2011
Colorado immigration partnership with feds wrongly focusing on non-criminals, study says
A program that delegates federal immigration enforcement powers to local officers is not netting as many serious criminals in Colorado as in other states, says a study released today by the Migration Policy Institute.
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May 13, 2011
Protest planned for Jeanette Vizguerra, community leader and mom facing deportation
Rights for All PeopleJeanette Vizguerra.Jeanette Vizguerra, who has lived in Colorado for more than fourteen years, is the mother of three citizen children, owns a small business and is very involved in her community. She also lives in this country illegally and faces her final deportation co ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Immigration and Customs Enforcement busts 81 "criminal aliens" in Colorado, Wyoming
Immigration and Customs Enforcement's announcement of over 2,400 arrests -- 81 of them in Colorado and Wyoming -- stresses that ICE is focusing on rounding up criminal aliens. This emphasis makes sense given mounting evidence here and nationwide that assorted authorities are going well beyon ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
Lesbian couple fights deportation: Will judge allow undocumented partner to stay in U.S.?
In May, we told the stories of two GLBT immigrants living in Colorado and seeking asylum to stay in the United States forever. Their stories of discrimination and abuse in their home countries tested the limits of asylum law. On Friday, another local GLBT immigrant, a lesbian woman named Mrs ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
ACLU urges schools to adopt policy banning school police officers from working with ICE
The American Civil Liberties Union has jumped in on the debate simmering in Carbondale and Glenwood Springs over whether school resource officers should be allowed to collaborate with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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January 4, 2012
Mitt Romney's win in Iowa could threaten immigrants, say Colorado Democrats
Rick PalacioColorado's Democratic leaders are worried that last night's win for Mitt Romney in the Iowa caucus could spell trouble for immigrants in Colorado. "Folks, it takes an alarming event to bring the likes of us together to weigh in on the Republican nomination," Colorado Democratic P ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Colorado Democrats commend Obama's "smarter immigration policy"
Debbie Ortega.Colorado Democratic leaders are applauding the Obama Administration's newly proposed immigration policy, a measure that would permit undocumented spouses and children of United States citizens to remain in the country during the legal immigration process. Under current law, und ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Immigration: About 15 percent of Denver case subjects allowed to stay in U.S. after review
Gerardo Noriega. Preliminary numbers show that about 15 percent of the 7,923 immigrants whose cases were reviewed as part of a Department of Homeland Security pilot project in Denver will be allowed to stay in the country, says Laura Lichter, the president-elect of the American Immigration La ... More >>
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