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Civil Rights

The Indy 500: The courage of undocumented immigrants who talk to reporters

Susan Greene -
We reporters are used to being stood up.  Our sources often get cold feet. And for good reason: Many have a lot to lose by...
Criminal Justice

Bombshell Denver vote to kill halfway-house contracts has ex-inmates scared, officials...

Alex Burness -
Hassan Latif, who works to transition the formerly incarcerated back into society, has been on the phone nearly nonstop since the Denver City Council...
More than 1,000 people marched on July 12, 2019 in protest of the detention of immigrants in private prisons, including the detention facility in Aurora, Colo. run by GEO Group.
Criminal Justice

In stunner, conflicted Denver City Council kills contracts with private prison...

Alex Burness -
Taking an extraordinary stand against the nation’s two largest private prison companies, GEO Group and CoreCivic, Denver City Council voted late Monday not to...
Portrait of Jeanette Vizguerra, Sanctuary for All. (Photo courtesy of Dave Russell, Buffalo Heart Images)
Civil Rights

Guest Post: Our moral imperative to stand up to GEO Group...

Jeanette Vizguerra, Sanctuary for All -
Given the U.S government’s increasing criminal disregard for the human rights of immigrants, we the members of Sanctuary for All Colorado applaud the congressional...
NEW YORK, NY - Hundreds of immigrant rights advocates and others participate in rally and and demonstration at the Federal Building in lower Manhattan against on June 1, 2018 in New York, United States. In coordinated marches across the country people are gathering outside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field offices, U.S. attorney's offices, and the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Civil Rights

Guest Post: The ominous expansion of government deportation power threatens us...

State Sen. Julie Gonzales -
If you had to prove that you’d lived in the United States for the past two years, could you do it?  As I look through...
Criminal Justice

Colorado PERA members helping support private prisons, immigration detention centers There...

Alex Burness -
The roughly 600,000 Coloradans who pay into the state retirement fund for public employees are, in a small way, helping to support the private...
Guest Posts

Guest Post: Who among us is proud to fly an American...

Boulder County Democratic Socialists of America -
On Friday July 12th, a diverse group of leftist organizations and activists known as the Coalition to Close the Concentration Camps (CCCC) marched in...
Immigration

Photos: Massive crowd rallies at ICE detention center in Aurora More...

Cullen Lobe -
Editor's note: This photo story has been updated with statements from the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition and the Boulder County Democratic Socialists of America.  Hundreds...
Criminal Justice

Unpaid labor is rampant in ICE facilities. This lawsuit could change...

Kelsey Ray -
Federal Judge John Kane ruled last month that nine plaintiffs can move forward with a class-action lawsuit against private contractor GEO Group over alleged...
Civil Rights

Thrown into the maze: A U.S. citizen’s unfortunate odyssey through the...

Nancy Lofholm -
GUNNISON – Bernardo Medina was leaving a brief traffic-offense hearing in a Gunnison County courtroom Jan. 27 when he was stopped by federal immigration...
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