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Immigration

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Update: ICE reviewing court summonses as part of immigration enforcement surge

    Update: Immigration and Customs Enforcement has revised an earlier statement that ICE is screening traffic summonses in Aurora to identify undocumented immigrants who are fugitives, have been previously deported or have been convicted of crimes. The revised statement, sent two hours after the origin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Immigration: About 15 percent of Denver case subjects allowed to stay in U.S. after review

    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 Lawyers Association. Those ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Jared Polis wants investigation into abuse of LGBT immigrants in detention

    Colorado Congressman Jared Polis has called for a government investigation into alleged abuse suffered by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender immigrants detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "Here we have people who are at their most vulnerable -- many without access to any lega ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Immigration review pilot program begins, immigrants and activists cautiously optimistic

    Gerardo Noriega.​Laura Lichter, president-elect of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, describes prosecutorial discretion in the context of a police officer witnessing a bank robbery and jay-walking at the same time and knowing to stop the bank robber first. This is essentially the p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2011

    Americana Grande

    Gerardo Noriega.​Laura Lichter, president-elect of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, describes prosecutorial discretion in the context of a police officer witnessing a bank robbery and jay-walking at the same time and knowing to stop the bank robber first. This is essentially the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    James Mejia: Activist attacks Denver mayoral candidate for using phrase "illegal immigrants"

    James Mejia.​James Mejia is now among the frontrunners in the race for Denver mayor, which makes him a target for attacks -- including an unexpected one from a group of Latino activists led by Lidia Ortiz. They've written an open letter blasting Mejia for using the phrase "illegal immigrants" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Readers disagree about whether the word "illegal" should be used in immigration coverage

    ​Our post yesterday about Colorado signing on to the Secure Communities program sparked a debate among commenters after reporter Melanie Asmar used the term "illegal immigrants." Should the word "illegal" be used in that way? Or is it unnecessarily pejorative? Here are two strong views:

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Secure Communities: Colorado signs on to fingerprint check for illegal immigrants

    www.ice.gov​Colorado is the latest state to join Secure Communities, a federal program that checks fingerprints of people booked into local jails against a national database of illegal immigrants.

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Fantasy Voter Fraud

    www.ice.gov​Colorado is the latest state to join Secure Communities, a federal program that checks fingerprints of people booked into local jails against a national database of illegal immigrants.

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement's latest roundup: 85 "criminal aliens" busted by ICE

    ​Immigration and Customs Enforcement continues to emphasize that it's focusing on arresting so-called criminal aliens -- and it's lassoed plenty in these parts of late. In September, ICE busted 78 people -- and of the 6,617 folks grabbed in the Denver area during fiscal 2010, 4,447 were said t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Human smuggling: Defense attorneys question whether law is too harsh on alleged smugglers

    ​ This week's cover story, "Disappearing Act," examines the difficulties of enforcing Colorado's anti-human smuggling law, which was passed in 2006. Though the law was well-intentioned, prosecuting the alleged smugglers has proven tough. As such, many smugglers end up taking plea deals that re ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2010

    Were Mexicans the first to sport gold in their teeth?

    ​ This week's cover story, "Disappearing Act," examines the difficulties of enforcing Colorado's anti-human smuggling law, which was passed in 2006. Though the law was well-intentioned, prosecuting the alleged smugglers has proven tough. As such, many smugglers end up taking plea deals that re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    ICE arrests focus on criminal aliens: 78 busts include man convicted of making terrorist threat

    ​These days, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, emphasizes that it's targeting criminal aliens, not otherwise law-abiding citizens who lack documentation authorizing their U.S. residency. And that's the theme of ICE's latest Colorado busts. Of the 78 people rounded up fr ... More >>

  • News

    September 23, 2010

    Pinalcchio

    Renowned forensics experts say a Pinal County, Arizona deputy's high-profile tale about getting shot after encountering drug smugglers doesn't add up

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Michelle Malkin, anchor baby?: Awkward charge if she wants to be Tom Tancredo's running mate

    Michelle Malkin.​With the deadline for printing Colorado's ballot fast approaching, Tom Tancredo will have to move fast if he wants to replace Doug "Dayhorse" Campbell, the American Constitution Party lieutenant governor candidate he inherited when he took the top spot. The name of conservativ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Illegal immigrants moving here from Arizona, reports NPR: Sorry, Tom Tancredo

    Look how close they are!​Today, National Public Radio reported that Arizona's new immigration law -- parts of which are on hold -- is having the effect of causing some illegal immigrants to leave, which no doubt cheers local politicians backing it. But reporter Jeff Brady says at least a dozen ... More >>

  • News

    July 29, 2010

    ILLEGAL, from Terry Greene Sterling

    Look how close they are!​Today, National Public Radio reported that Arizona's new immigration law -- parts of which are on hold -- is having the effect of causing some illegal immigrants to leave, which no doubt cheers local politicians backing it. But reporter Jeff Brady says at least a dozen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Tom Tancredo calls out "brown supremacists" after Arizona immigration rally

    Photo by John JohnstonFor Tancredo, the issue's brown and white.​Last month, a representative from Americans For Legal Immigration blasted ex-Congressman Tom Tancredo for pledging to participate in a June 5 rally in Phoenix whose organizer allegedly had ties to neo-Nazi groups. Tancredo refut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • News

    May 20, 2010

    Letters: Racists should make a run for the border

    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 >>

  • News

    May 20, 2010

    Colorado's Michelle Malkin leads the Know Nothing Nation

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Immigration may lower crime rate, says CU prof Tim Wadsworth

    Wadsworth's study caused a stir.​University of Colorado sociologist Tim Wadsworth says it was "complete and utter happenstance" that his study about immigration was released just as debate over the issue is at its most contentious. "It was accepted for publication [by Social Science Quarterly] ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2010

    You've heard about the boycott; now try the buycott

    Wadsworth's study caused a stir.​University of Colorado sociologist Tim Wadsworth says it was "complete and utter happenstance" that his study about immigration was released just as debate over the issue is at its most contentious. "It was accepted for publication [by Social Science Quarterly] ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Flobots Jonny 5 updates "By the Time I Get to Arizona"

    ​ In case you just joined us, Flobots are notorious when it comes to fighting injustice and standing up for the rights of all human beings. So it comes as no surprise, really, to discover that the act's outspoken frontman Jonny 5 has taken it upon himself to update Public Enemy's incendiary a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    In-state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants and shifting political tides

    John Andrews. Don't miss "Past Immigrant Tuition Bill Won Votes from GOP," an article by the Denver Post's Lynn Bartels that neatly captures the absurdity over the politics of illegal immigration in this state. Bartels points out that "five years ago, a Republican-controlled Senate approved an amen ... More >>

  • News

    January 29, 2009

    There auto be a law against Mexicans warming up their cars

    John Andrews. Don't miss "Past Immigrant Tuition Bill Won Votes from GOP," an article by the Denver Post's Lynn Bartels that neatly captures the absurdity over the politics of illegal immigration in this state. Bartels points out that "five years ago, a Republican-controlled Senate approved an amen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: Shambassadors

    Click here or on the cartoon thumbnail to see a larger image; it'll take a few seconds. The "Cultural Ambassador," or Q1 visa, was created by Congress back in 1983 to help the Disney Corporation staff its newly opened Florida theme-park. The Epcot Center showcases the pavilions of eleven foreign c ... More >>

  • News

    October 9, 2008

    America's promise to protect asylum-seekers gets lost in the paperwork

    Click here or on the cartoon thumbnail to see a larger image; it'll take a few seconds. The "Cultural Ambassador," or Q1 visa, was created by Congress back in 1983 to help the Disney Corporation staff its newly opened Florida theme-park. The Epcot Center showcases the pavilions of eleven foreign c ... More >>

  • News

    September 25, 2008

    Where do anchor babies come from?

    Click here or on the cartoon thumbnail to see a larger image; it'll take a few seconds. The "Cultural Ambassador," or Q1 visa, was created by Congress back in 1983 to help the Disney Corporation staff its newly opened Florida theme-park. The Epcot Center showcases the pavilions of eleven foreign c ... More >>

  • News

    September 4, 2008

    How many undocumented Mexicans actually want citizenship?

    Click here or on the cartoon thumbnail to see a larger image; it'll take a few seconds. The "Cultural Ambassador," or Q1 visa, was created by Congress back in 1983 to help the Disney Corporation staff its newly opened Florida theme-park. The Epcot Center showcases the pavilions of eleven foreign c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2007

    Labor Saver

    Click here or on the cartoon thumbnail to see a larger image; it'll take a few seconds. The "Cultural Ambassador," or Q1 visa, was created by Congress back in 1983 to help the Disney Corporation staff its newly opened Florida theme-park. The Epcot Center showcases the pavilions of eleven foreign c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2007

    The Big Chill

    Click here or on the cartoon thumbnail to see a larger image; it'll take a few seconds. The "Cultural Ambassador," or Q1 visa, was created by Congress back in 1983 to help the Disney Corporation staff its newly opened Florida theme-park. The Epcot Center showcases the pavilions of eleven foreign c ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2005

    Sidebar

    Border Wars

  • News

    July 28, 2005

    Law and Border

    Lilian Shea discovers that practice makes her life pretty perfect.

  • News

    July 14, 2005

    Follow That Story

    Border Wars

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    Visa -- It's Everywhere You Want to Be

    Unless you're Amarzaya Toodoi, a young Mongolian student trying to return to Denver in a post-9/11 world.

  • News

    December 7, 2000

    Card Sharps

    Selling green cards in Denver is easy money.

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    Trials and Immigrations

    Brandon Marinoff may be Denver's most daring attorney. Just ask his clients -- the ones who haven't already been deported.

  • News

    January 21, 1999

    Waiting to Exile

    Once permanent U.S. residents, these "non-deportables" are now locked up in what should be no man's land.

  • News

    July 9, 1998

    The Underclass

    Colorado's illegal immigrants find trouble even when they try to do things legally.

  • News

    May 10, 1995

    CROSSING THE LINE

    HOW ILLEGAL ALIENS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS COME OVER THE RIVER--AND THROUGH THE CRACKS.AMERICA OR BUST ILLEGAL ALIENS CAN COMMIT BURGLARIES, THEFTS AND ASSAULTS IN DENVER--AND HAVE LITTLE TO FEAR FROM THE INS.

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