immigration policy
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Rep. Coffman fends off primary challenge in Colorado’s swing 6th District
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, an Aurora Republican, held off a challenge Saturday at the GOP’s 6th Congressional District assembly from Roger Edwards, a conservative activist who criticized the five-term incumbent’s moderate positions and attempts to distance himself from President Donald Trump. Coffman’s supporters, however, cheered their candidate, who has won an unbroken string of elections…
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Cover Story: ‘Anybody’s ballgame’ — crowded ballots, wide-open primaries make for a wild governor’s race
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DENVER – For the first time in 20 years, Colorado voters in both parties are faced this year with contested primaries for an open seat for governor. While the race to replace term-limited Gov. John Hickenlooper has been underway for more than a year and front-runners have emerged, the June primary ballot likely won’t be…
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Poll shows Walker Stapleton leading Republican gubernatorial field, with many still undecided
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State Treasurer Walker Stapleton has twice the support of Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, his next-closest rival, for Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial nomination, but just as many voters are undecided as support either of the two frontrunners, according to a poll released Monday by GOP firm Magellan Strategies. The survey shows Republican primary voters overwhelmingly approves of…
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Cory Gardner, Michael Bennet propose DACA fix with $25 billion for border security
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Colorado U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet introduced immigration legislation Wednesday that includes a path to citizenship for certain young immigrants and funding for President Donald Trump’s border wall. “This amendment is a reasonable solution to break through Washington gridlock and provide a compromise for Dreamers who are counting on us in Colorado and around…
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U.S. Rep. Jared Polis bringing Colorado ‘Dreamer’ to Trump’s first State of the Union address
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When President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress Tuesday in his first State of the Union address, Anarely Marquez, a Colorado State University student and undocumented immigrant who was brought to the United States as a young child, will be in the room watching as a guest of U.S. Rep. Jared Polis. Marquez, 21,…
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Republicans crow, Democrats squabble as game of chicken over shutdown ends, for now
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Enough Senate Democrats blinked Monday and voted with majority Republicans to fund the federal government for three more weeks – bringing an end to a three-day government shutdown – after receiving a commitment to vote on immigration legislation by early February, leading GOP lawmakers to declare grudging victory as divided Democrats endured stinging criticism from…
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Tens of thousands protest Trump, vow to take back country at second Denver Women’s March
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On the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration and just hours after the federal government went into a partial shutdown, tens of thousands of protesters – most waving signs and many clad in signature pink hats – flooded Denver’s Civic Center Park and streets around the state Capitol Saturday morning for the city’s second Women’s…
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Unite Colorado unaffiliated candidates blast DC dysfunction, compare shutdown to failed special session
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The four unaffiliated statehouse candidates running under the Unite Colorado banner – that’s the organization that used to be known as the Centrist Project – declared a pox on both major parties’ houses after the federal government ran out of money late Friday night when Congress failed to approve spending legislation. In separate releases, all…
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Lamborn primary challenger Bill Rhea calls on Trump to resign over vulgar immigration remarks
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Bill Rhea, one of three Republicans challenging six-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in a primary, on Tuesday called on President Donald Trump to resign in the wake of an ongoing furor ignited by Trump’s use of the term “shithole” to describe African countries during an Oval Office discussion about U.S. immigration policy. “I am…
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Perlmutter greets congressional website visitors with message about DACA, health care funding
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U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter says he’ll be greeting visitors to his congressional website with a message of support for young immigrants and federal heath care programs until Congress tackles the issues with permanent fixes. “I support Dreamers, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and community health centers,” reads white text on a black pop-up graphic that…
