Tag: ice
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EDITORIAL: A real civics lesson for kids? Write Congress
Last week’s overhyped, clumsily orchestrated and, ultimately, underattended walkout by Colorado high schoolers turned out to be largely a flop for its organizers and something of an embarrassment for schools. For one thing, the attempt at a big turnout fell short. The groups behind the demonstration — purportedly a protest against the federal crackdown on…
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El Paso County high schools to participate in statewide walkout
Students across Colorado are organizing a walkout Friday in protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence in their schools. A student-led group known as the Colorado Youth Coalition, along with 50501 Colorado, is encouraging Colorado students to add their school to a growing list of participants. An Instagram post on Wednesday indicated that over…
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Wrongfully deported man to be returned to U.S., Colorado federal judge orders
Colorado’s chief federal judge took the extraordinary step of directing the government on Tuesday to do everything it can to return a man it deported in violation of his order. At the same time, Colorado’s chief magistrate judge has set a hearing for next month to explore multiple instances in which the U.S. Department of…
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Colorado judge explores sanctions against DOJ, ICE for rearresting man 4 days after release on bond
A federal judge in Colorado is considering sanctions against the government after immigration agents rearrested a man four days after an immigration judge found him suitable for release on bond. On July 28, U.S. Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter ordered the release of Feliciano Paulino Soares after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him in…
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Federal judges find Colorado immigration judge violated several orders
Multiple federal judges in Colorado have freed people from immigration custody after determining that one immigration judge violated their directives for properly conducting bond hearings. For nearly a year, Colorado’s U.S. District Court has faced a flood of habeas corpus petitions from those in immigration detention. The most common allegation is that the government is improperly…
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EDITORIAL: ICE arrests enforce the law — a good thing
Plenty of Coloradans no doubt would feel reassured by new data showing a third of the arrests of illegal immigrants by federal authorities are of people with a history of criminal convictions. That not only helps vindicate the Trump administration’s much-debated crackdown on illegal immigration but also, more importantly, means that many more convicts have…
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Hudson faces lawsuit over ICE detention facility
A nonprofit organization filed a lawsuit against the Town of Hudson Wednesday, challenging plans to reopen a former federal prison in the town as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility. Together Colorado, along with Janet E. Carlson, filed the case in Colorado District Court in Weld County, alleging the town is not “powerless…
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Federal agents arrest passenger as she boards flight at Denver airport
Federal agents removed a traveler from a Southwest Airlines jetway at Denver International Airport Monday night and escorted her to a van on the tarmac, a video shared with 9NEWS shows. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed to 9NEWS that federal agents arrested Chantal Alejandra Morales Rojas, who they said was in the country with…
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Employee of Aurora ICE detention facility arrested, accused of shooting protester
The person arrested in connection with a shooting near the Aurora Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility Thursday is a GEO Group employee, Aurora Police Department officials said Friday. The woman who suffered the gunshot wound and another woman with her were part of a protest happening near the Aurora ICE facility earlier that evening.…
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1 injured in shooting near ICE detention facility in Aurora
AURORA, Colo. — Police are investigating a shooting near the ICE detention facility in Aurora. Aurora Police said a person was shot Thursday night around the corner from the facility near Peoria Street and East 30th Avenue, which is operated by the private prison contractor GEO Group. They expect the person to survive their injuries.…