As criticism mounts over a controversial federal program aimed at deporting criminal illegal residents, Gov. John Hickenlooper is now hedging on Colorado's commitment to Secure Communities. "We're gathering data. We're going to do a full evaluation of whether it's working," Hickenlooper said Monday.
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Isaias Vasquez, just graduated with honors from Bruce Randolph in Denver. That's a school praised by President Obama in the State of the Union. But, Isaias is a DREAMer and his options are limited. He wrote a letter to the President, which appeared over the weekend in the Denver...
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Eleven Spanish-speaking men rise reluctantly from wooden benches in the U.S. Immigration Court in Denver. On instructions from a court interpreter, they raise their right hands and in unison they swear to tell la verdad, the truth.
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State House Republicans turned their backs on owners of small businesses in Colorado this week when they decided to support a bill that would make already struggling entrepreneurs de facto immigration police.
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After six hours of testimony, Republicans in the Colorado House Education Committee voted down the Colorado ASSET bill on Monday. If passed, the legislation would have granted unsubsidized in-state tuition to undocumented youth. While the vote results weren't surprising, the biggest disappointment came from Colorado's lone Republican Robert Ramirez....
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A bill to grant illegal immigrants in-state tuition died Monday evening at the hands of Republicans in a House committee. Supporters of Senate Bill 126 were encouraged after the bill had passed the Democratic-led Senate last week on a 20-15 party-line vote.
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Mar 8, 2011
The future looks young, diverse, and tolerant in Colorado as the state Democratic Party elected Rick Palacio to be their new leader over the weekend. A strategist and former Congressional aide, Palacio is Latino, openly gay, only 36, and will represent the party's bid to court young and...
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A bill allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at Colorado's public colleges passed its first test Thursday, clearing a Senate committee after a nearly three-hour hearing in which one opponent asked that all non citizens be removed from the room.
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It wasn't meant to be a scare headline, but when you see a story that says a Colorado bill would mimic Arizona law, you stop for a second.
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Via Politico, folks may need to rethink those off-the-grid holiday travel plans if the DREAM Act doesn't get done this week. See: "Reid threatens post-Christmas session, Hoyer sees business spilling into next week: "Reid ticked off a number of priorities he would like to address before this congress officially...
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