U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

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.

More than a thousand people gathered in Denver today to protest ICE.

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

Rep. DeGette says ICE should be dismantled if agency is not held to ‘strict standards.'

Ask a Colorado Democrat in Washington, D.C. about why President Donald Trump and his administration seem to be singling out the state, and you get a variation on a theme: political punishment.

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.

The Colorado attorney general’s office launched a new section of its public complaint system specifically for misconduct by federal agents, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

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 is suspected of committing a violent crime.

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

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