deportation
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Release hearing ordered for Aurora detainee held for 21 months in ICE custody
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A federal judge last month ordered a hearing to determine if a detainee in Aurora who has spent the last 21 months in immigration custody should be released during the remainder of his removal proceedings. More than two decades ago, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized a noncitizen’s detention could be constitutionally unreasonable beyond six months. In…
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10th Circuit: 60 days means 60 days to voluntarily deport
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If a noncitizen has 60 days to leave the country or else ask for review of his immigration case, there is no grace period if the final day falls on a weekend, the federal appeals court based in Denver ruled last month. Addressing an issue that had only surfaced in one other appellate court, the…
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10th Circuit gives green light to Malian man’s deportation, despite fear family will kill him
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The federal appeals court based in Denver paved the way last month for a Mali citizen living in Colorado to be deported, despite his insistence that his family will likely kill him for his departures from strict Islamic tradition. “A.B.,” who requested anonymity from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, argued that…
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10th Circuit agrees Colorado felony menacing conviction merits deportation
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The federal appeals court based in Denver rejected a man’s argument last month that he should be shielded from deportation because his felony menacing conviction in Colorado was not a “crime involving moral turpitude.” Jorge Arturo Telles-Carranza is a Mexican citizen who entered the United States in 2006. The federal government began deportation proceedings in…
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10th Circuit rebuffs government for using non-existent rule to deport woman
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The federal appeals court based in Denver has rebuked the government for relying on a non-existent rule to proceed with its deportation of a woman from Colorado and for disregarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent interpretation of immigration law. Authorities deported Mayra Veronica Estrada-Cardona in 2020 from Colorado after she spent more than 17 years…
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Judge declines to intervene in case of ex-child soldier detained in Aurora for 469 days
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A federal judge has declined to take immediate action in the case of a man housed at Aurora’s privately-run immigrant detention center who claims his 469 days in custody without a bond hearing is constitutionally unreasonable. Attorneys for Abdulai Barrie filed a petition on Aug. 10 alleging the government had not followed its own procedures…
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Rep. Mike Coffman seeks to prevent some immigrant deportations
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Washington – A bill introduced this week by a Colorado congressman seeks to prevent deportation for many foreigners living in the United States with temporary permission at a time immigration has become one of Washington’s hottest issues. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, wants to eliminate the Temporary Protected Status that gives immigrants only a limited right…
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German exchange students detained at DIA, sent home after being accused of taking U.S. jobs
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Eight German exchange students headed for Salida got a taste of increasing political tensions regarding immigration policy in the U.S. over the weekend. Before being detained at Denver International Airport, immigration officials “insisted they (the students) were coming in and taking work away from U.S. citizens, which is illegal since they have no work visa,”…
