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Immigration

Immigrant youth and their supporters rallied outside the Supreme Court of the United States on Nov. 12, 2019. Supreme Court Justices heard arguments on the legality of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allows for temporary protection from deportation and permission to work and study in the U.S. for qualified young people. (Photo by Robin Bravender/States Newsroom)

Is DACA doomed? Supreme Court justices appear to side with Trump 'Regardless of the...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court appears unlikely to salvage an Obama-era program that has allowed hundreds of thousands of young, unauthorized immigrants known...

With critical Supreme Court hearing coming up, supporters rally for young immigrants The fate...

In advance of next week's U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the validity of an Obama-era program that protects certain young immigrants from deportation, state...
The National Immigration Forum, an immigrant rights group, honored Colorado GOP Sen. Cory Gardner with its Courage to Lead award on Nov. 7, 2019. Gardner was honored along with Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin. Both have supported bi-partisan immigration reform in past years. (Photo by Robin Bravender/The Newsroom)

Gardner talks immigration reform, but stays mum on controversial Trump policies A national immigrant...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Cory Gardner discussed immigration for about 30 minutes here on Thursday without mentioning President Donald Trump’s controversial policies on the issue.  The...

How a small Colorado college is helping its undocumented students pay for school Colorado...

About five years ago, the administration of Colorado Mountain College, one of the state’s smaller colleges, decided to try to boost its enrollment of...

200 immigrants granted citizenship in one of Colorado’s largest ceremonies 'I'm so excited, I...

More than 200 immigrants and their families squeezed under the galvanized roof of Centennial Center Park’s amphitheater Wednesday, for an hour-long ceremony officially recognizing...

2020 Census-takers address the growing concern of uncounted kids An estimated million children under...

In theory, the Constitution requires every man, woman and child to be counted every 10 years. In practice, the 2010 Census saw about a...
Aurora police face off hundreds of anti-ICE protesters demonstrating outside the home of the Aurora Detention Center's warden on Sept. 19, 2019. (Photo by Alex Burness)

Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters demonstrate outside home of Aurora detention center chief Police in...

Hundreds of Abolish ICE Denver protesters flooded the quiet Aurora subdivision Thursday night where the local immigrant detention center warden lives. They marched up to...

More than 7,600 Colorado immigrants are stuck in a citizenship backlog New report blames...

Wait times for Colorado immigrants applying for citizenship are at near-unprecedented highs, stretching past 20 months in some cases, according to a new report...
AVON, Colo -- A resident of the Aspens Mobile Home Village takes in the view from the deck of the mobile home she and her family have lived in for about six years. As with other trailer parks, they own the trailer and rent the lot space. She has lived in the U.S. since 2001, and says the Aspens is home, but so is Mexico. Like the mobile home she lives in, she occupies a place of temporary permanence, fixed but not rooted. (Photo by Tina Griego)

Parked: Mobile home parks become immigrants’ home away from home For these Eagle County...

AVON, Colo. —  The Aspens Mobile Home Village sits on a wedge of land tucked between eastbound I-70 and the Eagle River in the...

Her case helped change Colorado immigration law. But she could still be deported. Claudia...

Claudia Valdez, a domestic violence survivor and undocumented single mother of three, helped bring about enormous changes to state immigration law. Valdez, 40, was arrested...
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