Tag: Immigration
VIDEO: Polis again urges Congress to act on immigration reform
Colorado Second District Congressman Jared Polis on Wednesday tried again to spur his colleagues to work to fix the nation's broken immigration system. A champion of comprehensive federal reform from the time he entered Congress in 2008, Polis said Americans everywhere and across the political spectrum are demanding change. He suggested that politics should no longer get in the way of action on what has become a divisive issue coast to coast. "This nation has over 15 million people who are here illegally, and yet I don't hear one word about comprehensive immigration reform," he said from the floor of the House.
Colorado Latino lobby day underlines lopsided nature of immigration debate
DENVER-- When hundreds of Coloradans flocked to the capitol here Monday for the state's fifth-annual Latino Advocacy Day, it was a rare recent instance in the state and around the country where support for policies that embrace immigration, U.S. Latino communities and the rights of undocumented residents stole the spotlight from support for policies that set deporting "illegals" and establishing border security as top priorities.
CU Students rally to support ASSET bill to provide in-state tuition...
BOULDER – Over 100 CU students braved the fierce cold on Wednesday to show support for SB 126, which would grant undocumented Colorado students access to higher education through in-state tuition.
Colorado immigration bill will die today
Colorado supporters of an Arizona-style immigration bill say they will pull the bill this morning before it comes to a vote. As reported by The Durango Herald, even Republicans feared the bill was unconstitutional, and Democrats said it wasn't needed in Colorado anyway.
Number of unauthorized immigrants is down sharply in Colorado
While the number of unauthorized immigrants has remained more or less steady in the United States for the last several years at around 11 million, the number of undocumented immigrants in Colorado has fallen substantially in recent years, according to a study released by the Pew Research Center Tuesday.
Tom Tancredo says he’s going to be a Republican again
Erstwhile gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo announces he is returning to the Republican Party. He says he never intended a long term relationship with the American Constitution Party, under whose banner he ran for governor.
Studying Latino culture now illegal in Arizona
In Arizona schools, it's apparently OK to study black culture, Asian culture and American Indian culture, but offer a class in Latino culture and you put your school district at risk of losing significant state funding, according to an article in today's New York Times.
CU immigrant tuition equity movement benefits from ‘teach-in’
BOULDER - Roughly 100 University of Colorado-Boulder students working to secure tuition equity for the state's undocumented teens got a boost Wednesday from professors...
GOP immigration meeting featured radical right groups with white supremacist ties
Republican legislators Monday hosted an informational meeting to discuss immigration in Colorado, but the Colorado Independent has learned two of the presenters invited to speak were from organizations founded by white supremacist John Tanton. One of those organizations, The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), has been named a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
Study: Arizona reeling from lost revenue in wake of immigration law
Arizona's tough new immigration law has cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue, according to a study released this morning.