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Federal judge to hold hearing on detention of immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra
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A federal judge on Wednesday scheduled a hearing for next week on the petition filed by prominent Denver immigration advocate Jeanette Vizguerra, who authorities took into custody this week. Vizguerra is a citizen of Mexico who gained attention during the first Trump administration for speaking out about immigration reform and seeking sanctuary from deportation in multiple Denver churches.…
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10th Circuit rejects appeal of Aurora immigrant detention facility operator in class-action suit
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The federal appeals court based in Denver declined last week to decide the appeal of the private company that operates an immigrant detention center in Aurora, concluding it had no ability to weigh in on the class-action lawsuit before trial. The plaintiffs are detainees who originally filed suit in 2014. They claimed GEO Group, which…
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Ban of local immigration detention agreements heads to Polis’ desk
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An effort to further reduce local involvement in federal immigration operations passed the Colorado legislature last week and now needs only final approval from Gov. Jared Polis. If signed into law, House Bill 1100 would prohibit state and local governments, law enforcement agencies and jails from entering or renewing contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
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Colorado House OKs banning local immigration detention agreements
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Colorado legislators advanced a bill Monday seeking to further reduce local involvement in federal immigration operations. If passed into law, House Bill 1100 would prohibit state and local governments, law enforcement agencies and jails from entering or renewing contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house people suspected of civil immigration violations, and…
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Judge green-lights forced-labor lawsuit against operator of Aurora detention center
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A federal judge last week refused to throw out a long-running lawsuit against private prison operator The GEO Group, and is instead permitting a jury to decide whether the company violated federal human trafficking law and unjustly enriched itself off of detainee labor in Aurora. In unusually strong terms, U.S. District Court Senior Judge John…
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Denver council OKs electronic monitoring contract with private prison company
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The Denver City Council approved a $1.5 million contract Monday with B.I. Incorporated – owned by private prison giant GEO Group – for electronic monitoring equipment through Jan. 31, 2025. This comes after the council voted to cut ties with GEO Group in 2019, ending $10 million of contracts with GEO Group and CoreCivic, another…
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FBI investigating ex-CEO of ComCor in alleged $1 million theft
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The FBI is investigating whether the former CEO of a Colorado Springs halfway house program stole more than $1 million from the nonprofit, which contracts with the state and El Paso County to house and rehabilitate felons, according to police reports and interviews. ComCor officials alleged to Colorado Springs police that Sean McDougall siphoned away…
