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

In theory, the Constitution requires every man, woman and child to be counted every 10 years. In practice, the 2010 Census saw about a...

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

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...

New poll finds most Coloradans support citizenship for Dreamers

More than seven in 10 Coloradans say they support legislation offering citizenship to Dreamers and those with temporary protected status, according to a recent...

Mandatory high school civics test endorsed by Colorado Senate committee

Originally posted on Chalkbeat by Todd Engdahl on March 31, 2016 Colorado students would have to pass a multiple-choice civics test to graduate high...

Immigrants wait on backlogged courts for citizenship

Glenwood Springs immigration attorney Erin Richards has two clients who should be well on their way to becoming U.S. citizens. They have spouses and...

Immigration action: Sí se pudo! ‘It’s a little bit “Ya we...

At the front of a packed room at Denver’s 100% De Agave Thursday night, Lupe Santibáñez and her husband Carlos Sepulveda stood perfectly still, arms around each other and wet eyes fixed on one of the half dozen screens that surrounded them. For 15 minutes President Barack Obama’s voice echoed from every corner of the room ...

Wiretap: Who needs citizenship?

Does it have to be citizenship or nothing? According to the New York Times, that's the question being asked in parts of the undocumented-immigrant community now that the Senate-passed reform bill has predictably stalled in the House.

VIDEO: Obama pushes for GOP support on immigration reform

Obama tried to carve out middle ground on immigration reform in a speech at American University’s School of International Service Thursday. Light on specific...

Here They Come: Tea Parties Against ‘Amnesty’

The immigration restrictionist group Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) said it’s flooding Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, and planning another round of Tea Parties,...

Gardner feeds the Obama citizenship beast at health-care town hall

State Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, in his bid to oust Democratic U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey next year and become former Republican Rep. Marilyn Musgrave’s...
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