Immigration

Colorado health officials on Thursday issued a new demand for information about tuberculosis at the immigrant detention center in Aurora, escalating a showdown between local and federal authorities over oversight of the facility.

The railroad helped transform the American West – and immigrant labor was essential to building the railroads. Thousands of workers were brought in from Mexico between the late 1800s and World War II – but their contributions aren't always remembered. An exhibit at the Colorado Railroad Museum highlights the history and culture of these railway workers known as traqueros.

“Because somebody was hurt by the words that I was saying to him, that doesn't give you the right to shoot somebody.”

The sheriff says he and his deputies will learn from the experience.

Casa de Paz gives people a warm meal, a suitcase, a phone charger and a way home, no matter how far that may be.

Budget pressures, policy compromises and intraparty tensions shaped this year’s session under Colorado’s Gold Dome.

Immigration raids and deportations under the Trump administration are often discussed with an underlying assumption: That arresting workers without legal status will eventually help U.S. citizens by creating jobs for them. A new study by an economist at the University of Colorado says that simply isn’t true. The research is drawing national attention.

The bill would let Colorado residents sue federal immigration authorities for civil rights violations.

From banning masks for law enforcement to empowering civil liberties lawsuits, the legislature has considered a range of proposals this session.

Lawyers for immigrants allege officers are violating a court order limiting how they can arrest people.