Immigration

Hudson is wrestling with the possible reopening of its long-dormant Correctional Facility, which could be used as an immigration detention center under contract with ICE.

Before the unrest around ICE raids in Minneapolis, states like Colorado had seen a surge in immigration detentions in the year since President Trump returned to office. Today on In The NoCo, a conversation with a lawmaker who’s pushing for stronger regulations on how ICE agents conduct themselves.

The bills were in the works before Alex Pretti and Renee Good were killed in Minnesota last month. But their deaths and the scale of the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities have delivered new urgency.

“It’s already come here. We’ve already seen the violence,” a Durango immigrant rights advocate says.

Initiative 95 would amend the state constitution to require that police officers, sheriff’s deputies and prosecutors alert federal immigration authorities if they charge someone whose immigration status is in question if that person has a prior felony conviction or the charge is for an alleged violent crime. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this article with Colorado Sun reporter Jesse Paul then read the entire story at the link below.

Colorado lawmakers open their lawmaking term trying to tackle big issues — like housing, the environment and public safety — under a strained budget.

Supporters of a prominent Colorado immigration and labor activist say an immigration judge has ruled that she can post bond and be released after spending nine months in detention. They say the judge issued a written ruling Sunday allowing Jeanette Vizguerra to post $5,000 bail.

A judge in Missouri ordered the release. Dadfar lived in Boulder County with his wife and four children after fleeing Afghanistan. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Jennifer Brown and then read the entire article at the link below.

More than 115 immigration detention flights have left Denver this year for other U.S. cities.

The state paused its commercial driver’s license program for immigrants with temporary legal status after a new Trump administration rule. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Jennifer Brown then read the entire article at the link below.