Tag: U S Immigration And Customs Enforcement
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Colorado student protest over ICE turns violent in Denver
Three taken to hospital, police say A student walkout that drew hundreds to La Alma-Lincoln Park on Friday to protest federal immigration enforcement turned violent, with police reporting five assaults and three people taken to the hospital. As the crowd swelled, confrontations broke out between students and counterprotesters. In one, students threw water on a…
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Protesters descend on Hudson Town Council days after prison funded to reopen as ICE facility
HUDSON — Nearly 200 protesters, including current and former members of the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, descended on Hudson on Wednesday, gathering outside Town Hall about an hour before the regularly scheduled town council meeting to protest the reopening of the town’s shuttered prison as an immigration detention center. Although the detention center was not…
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‘No Kings 3’ draws large crowds throughout El Paso County
By Eric Young and Mary Shinn The Gazette Large crowds gathered throughout Colorado on Saturday to oppose the Trump administration, with separate demonstrations occurring in Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs and Monument in El Paso County. As with previous “No Kings” protests, thousands of people from a variety of ages and backgrounds assembled — with some…