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Colorado Springs organizers expect thousands to attend Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ protest
As protesters prepare to gather at more than 1,500 “No Kings” events nationally on Saturday, Colorado Springs residents are planning to gather in America the Beautiful Park to push back on the Trump administration. “The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings, and we won’t back down against chaos,…
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ACLU sues Trump administration over ICE arrests in Colorado
The ACLU of Colorado has sued the Trump administration, alleging that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials carried out unlawful, warrantless arrests as part of a broad effort to detain immigrants living in the United States without legal status. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of a legal permanent resident, a “Dreamer” brought to the country…
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Trump’s threat escalates showdown
CHICAGO – Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers gathered on Tuesday at an Army facility outside Chicago, as Donald Trump’s threat to invoke an anti-insurrection law and deploy troops to more U.S. cities intensified the battle over the limits to his authority. The Republican president on Tuesday again left open the possibility that he might…
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3 people shot at a Dallas ICE facility and the shooter is dead, official says
DALLAS (AP) — Three people, including detainees, have been shot at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, federal authorities said. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons confirmed the shooting during an interview on CNN on Wednesday. Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin later told…
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ACLU sues ICE over plans to expand agency’s detention capacity
The ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seeking records on the government’s plans for expanding its detention capacity in the state. “Already, our previous requests and subsequent lawsuit have revealed how ICE may spend some of its record $45 billion budget intended for immigration detention,” said Tim Macdonald, ACLU…
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ICE documents detail plans for three new detention centers in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to establish three new detention facilities in Colorado in an effort to increase capacity statewide from 1,360 to 4,090, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. The internal agency road-map document shows plans to open or expand 125 facilities…
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DEA, ICE raid of Denver apartments raises legal questions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The battering ram that tore through the Denver apartment door of Felicia Gurule’s family friend, “Pops,” left more than a mangled lock and splintered wood. It triggered questions in some quarters about constitutional boundaries of immigration raids — as well as defense by others of…
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2 Iranians arrested in Colorado Springs as part of a nationwide ICE operation
On Sunday, two Iranian illegal immigrants residing in Colorado Springs were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Mahmoud Shafiei, 71, and Mehrdad Mehdipour, 35, the arrestees, were among 11 Iranians who have been arrested by immigration officers since June 21. According to a post on X from the…
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Dozens attend Colorado Springs rally in support of ICE protest in Los Angeles
On Monday afternoon, dozens of protesters gathered at the Colorado Springs Administrative Building to support Los Angeles protestors opposing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The rally, organized by the Colorado Springs Alliance, had several guest speakers, all of whom spoke about President Donald Trump’s intensification of nationwide deportation arrests and expressed criticism of the…
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Federal judge rules to halt deportation of Boulder attack suspect’s family
Editor’s note: an earlier version of this story mistakenly identified attorney Susanna Dvortsin as a family friend to Soliman’s wife. The wife and five children of an Egyptian man charged with a hate crime after an fire-involved attack in Boulder over the weekend were headed for deportation Wednesday until a lawsuit filed on behalf of the family…