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  Limiting Cooperation With ICE: Denver Considers Bill to Protect Undocumented Immigrants

  July 19 at 9:30 a.m.

  This morning, Denver City Council members Robin Kniech and Paul Lopez introduced a draft of a bill that they’ve been working on that would codify and clarify Denver’s practices around federal immigration enforcement and interacting with ICE. Kniech and Lopez held a listening session with the public to answer questions...

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  William Anderson's Jail Death Leads to ICE/Denver Sheriff Pissing Match

  July 19 at 7:37 a.m.

  The July 10 death of William Anderson, a forty-year-old inmate at Denver's main jail, has led to a war of words between the Denver Sheriff Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Anderson died during a fight with fellow detainee Ricardo Lopez-Vera, nineteen. But while the Denver District Attorney's Office declined to charge Lopez-Vera in the incident, his undocumented status led to detention by ICE, which claims the DSD released him without properly informing the federal agency even though there was an immigration hold on him.

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  Meet Some of Colorado's Newest Citizens

  July 12 at 6:37 a.m.

  Thirty-seven people from 22 countries became America’s newest citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Denver's City and County Building on July 6. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services swore in over 15,000 citizens across the county around July 4. All photos by Brandon Marshall.
  
  
  

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  Op Ed: Prioritizing Local Safety Over Federal Immigration Mandates

  July 8 at 6:20 a.m.

  In late June, HR 3003 — the "No Sanctuary for Criminals" bill — was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. In response, fourteen elected officials in metro Denver penned this commentary.

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  How Denver Is Counteracting ICE Agents Operating Inside Courthouses

  June 28 at 8:31 a.m.

  When immigration lawyers with the Meyer Law Firm first captured video evidence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducting arrests inside the hallways of the Lindsey Flanigan Courthouse in February, it caused panic in Denver’s immigrant communities. Within weeks of the video’s release, Denver City Attorney Kristin Bronson announced that at least...

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  Immigration Lawyers Face Dilemma as Clients Are Detained at ICE Check-Ins

  June 27 at 8:45 a.m.

  On Wednesday, June 21, Cristina Rodriguez became the latest instance of someone in Colorado who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents while reporting to a scheduled ICE check-in. According to ICE spokesman Carl Rusnok, Rodriguez was deported to Mexico on Friday, June 23; her family and immigrant-rights advocates...