undocumented immigrants
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Rep. Dave Williams’ latest bill on sanctuary cities fails in House committee
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Despite support from the White House for the idea, Republican Rep. Dave Williams’ second attempt to put elected officials on the hook for creating sanctuary policies fell by the wayside Wednesday. To no surprise, the Democratic-controlled House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee dispatched Williams’ House Bill 1178 on a party-line 6-3 vote. The same…
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Pardoned Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio raising money for Tom Tancredo’s race for governor
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The Colorado Democratic Party quickly seized on freelance reporter Sandra Fish’s tweet Thursday afternoon saying Tom Tancredo has a notable but not surprising new fundraiser, former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio shares the Colorado gubernatorial candidate’s passion for strident immigration reform, which landed him with a criminal contempt of court conviction for his unyielding enforcement…
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Tom Tancredo on sanctuary cities: Texas sheriff ‘has right idea’
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“This Texas Sheriff has the right idea,” one of Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial candidates, Tom Tancredo, said in a tweet Monday. “What will it take to get Denver, Boulder and other sanctuary cities in ….” Tancredo then posted an opinion piece from The Hill titled “Texas sanctuary city crackdown should go nationwide.” “Sanctuary policies create…
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Colorado immigrant rights groups launch effort to track potential federal raids
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Immigrant rights groups this week launched a telephone hotline with the goal of tracking potential federal immigration raids in local communities. The Colorado Rapid Response Network is staffed with more than 100 volunteers trained to track, verify and confirm ICE raids in immigrant communities, according to Mi Familia Vota, a national group that advocates for Latinos…
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On dueling ‘sanctuary’ bills, lawmakers talk past, offend each other
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The Republican-controlled state Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday heard dueling hot-button “sanctuary” bills and saw members and witnesses talk past each other, wrestle with language and come to no agreement. The committee voted on party lines to pass the Republican bill and kill the Democratic bill. Republican Senate Bill 281, titled the “Colorado Citizen Protection…
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Colorado GOP-led committee OKs anti-sanctuary city bill, blocks immigration ‘overreach’ legislation
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A Colorado Senate Committee had partisan rulings on two bills about cooperating with the Trump administration on enforcing federal immigration laws Monday. The Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to pass Senate Bill 281 to allow crime victims to sue taxpayers in so-called sanctuary cities, where law enforcement doesn’t “turn over” undocumented residents to federal Immigration and…
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Undocumented residents focus of sanctuary city bills in other states
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If you’re going to make a political statement, make it loudly. State Rep. Dave Williams’ House Bill 1134 to hold elected leaders liable in civil and criminal courts for crimes committed by undocumented residents is attracting a choir from other states. Alaska State Rep. David Eastman, Ohio State Rep. Candice Keller and Maine State Rep. Lawrence Lockman…
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Trump immigration orders charge ‘sanctuary’ debate at Capitol
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State Rep. Joe Salazar, a Thornton Democrat, said the explosive Trump White House – which has taken even Republican members of Congress and cabinet appointees by surprise in the ten days since inauguration – is affecting the mood at the Capitol in Denver. “I can say it has changed conversations,” Salazar told The Colorado Statesman…
