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$529M ICE contract will nearly double Colorado’s immigrant detention capacity

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The federal government has signed a five-year contract with private prison company GEO Group that will effectively double Colorado’s immigration detention capacity to about 2,700...

Shackled ICE detainees seen escorted from downtown Colorado Springs bank building

Updated 5 days ago

Incident follows an uptick in immigration arrests in the city, watchdog group says Four men shackled at the chest were shuffled into a GEO transport...

Trump’s judicial nominee orders bond in wave of cases after 10th Circuit rejects government’s position

Updated 2 weeks ago

Within 24 hours of the Denver-based federal appeals court rejecting the government’s expansive view of its immigration detention authority, the lone judge in Colorado to...

Colorado repeals attorney immigration attestation law after one year

Updated 3 weeks ago

One year and 12 days. That’s how long a Colorado law requiring attorneys to certify they would not use court data for federal immigration enforcement...

Rep. Jeff Crank thinks Democrats are too focused on Trump, not enough on Colorado Springs | Vince Bzdek

Updated 4 weeks ago

Denver gets more time to answer FAA questions in probe regarding Key Lime lease denial

Updated 4 weeks ago

Geo Group sues Colorado over new immigration detention facility inspection law

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A tale of two debates | Vince Bzdek

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Colorado expands state inspection authority over ICE detention centers

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As Colorado’s population growth slows, some metro counties see losses

Updated 1 month ago

Federal judges’ responses vary to immigration authorities’ disregard of orders

Updated 2 months ago

Denver, Boulder prosecutors call congressional immigration probe ‘political theater’

Updated 2 months ago

Congressional panel probes Denver, Boulder over ICE cooperation limits

Updated 2 months ago

Aurora City Council wants ICE facility to report health hazards to city

Updated 2 months ago

As Colorado’s federal judges churn through immigration petitions, Domenico’s cases sit undecided

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado’s U.S. District Court judges have spent months pushing out decisions in hundreds of immigration detention cases and largely siding with detainees, but one judge...

ICE ‘materially violated’ order on warrantless arrests, Colorado judge says

Updated 2 months ago

A federal judge ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday to immediately train its Colorado employees about how to lawfully perform warrantless arrests, after...

Colorado Democrats eye new state requirements for ICE facilities

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado state representatives voted along party lines to pass a bill establishing additional inspection requirements for immigration detention centers and expanding civil liabilities related to...

Colorado Springs family released from Texas ICE facility following judge’s order

Updated 3 months ago

Nearly a year after an antisemitic attack in Boulder, a federal judge ordered Thursday that the suspect’s Colorado Springs-area family immediately be released from a...

Colorado’s chief federal judge breaks with colleagues on issue of mandatory immigration detention

Updated 3 months ago

Congress presses Colorado court about rule tied to immigration enforcement

Updated 3 months ago

Federal judge releases man after 2 immigration judges disobey order

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado counties cannot challenge state law restricting immigration contracts, appeals court says

Updated 3 months ago

Federal judge warns of increasingly inadequate immigration bond hearings

Updated 3 months ago

Senate-passed farmworkers overtime bill easily clears Colorado House committee

Updated 3 months ago

Federal judge releases man immediately as consequence for immigration judge disobeying orders

Updated 3 months ago

Federal judge dismisses U.S. government lawsuit against Colorado, Denver’s ‘sanctuary’ laws

Updated 4 months ago

Denver airport gears up for spring break as TSA employees miss first paycheck

Updated 4 months ago

Federal judge: Government violated order shielding man from deportation in ‘one-off mistake’

Updated 4 months ago

Federal judge hears ICE agents’ confusion about law, injunction on warrantless arrests

Updated 4 months ago

A federal judge heard testimony on Tuesday from U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents in Colorado, who had trouble describing the requirements of his recent...

Can deliberation save democracy? | Vince Bzdek

Updated 4 months ago

In September 2019, 523 Americans traveled to Dallas for an experiment called “America in One Room.” The gathering was designed to test a theory: Could...

Denver police chief on mask ban, mayor’s orders: ‘What enforcement looks like, I’m not exactly sure’

Updated 4 months ago

As Denver takes steps to restrict federal agents conducting immigration enforcement in the Mile High City, its police chief said he is unclear as to...

Judge nixes latest policy requiring 7 days’ notice for Congress members to visit ICE facilities

Updated 4 months ago

WASHINGTON • A federal judge agreed on Monday to temporarily suspend the latest version of a Trump administration policy that requires members of Congress to...