Capitol review: 4 key immigrant bills passed, but a big one failed
"Many thousands of legal and unauthorized immigrants are living in fear in Colorado, in part the result of the White House’s aggressive stand on detainment and deportation." "With Democrats in power at the Capitol this session, lawmakers worked on several policies meant to provide some relief to the immigrant community. They were successful with several, but lost a key one: Gov. Jared Polis refused to support policies to limit the reach of federal immigration enforcement offi
Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 letters: gun violence, youth mental health, immigration, politics
"Denver recently voted to increase a sales tax for mental health initiatives. The overwhelming support of this ballot initiative is a marker of how many lives are affected by mental health. I don’t need to convince you of that. However, when thinking about the allocation of this funding, I ask that we not forget about Colorado’s youth." "As a pediatrician, every day I see the impact of mental health on our children, whether it is the intentional overdose in the emergency depa
Boulder County Commissioners Add Support to ’People’s Resolution for Immigration Reform
"The resolution asks for a path to legal, permanent residency for all temporary protected status foreigners in the country, protection of foreign asylum seekers and a repeal of the federal Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, which bans undocumented immigrants who have overstayed their visas or crossed the border illegally from entering the U.S. again for either three or 10 years." "It was started on behalf of Ingrid Encalada Latorre , a Peruvi
What you can do to fight back this week (July 23)
This past weekend, a strange political convention came to town. Democrats for Life of America (DFLA), an anti-choice organization claiming to be the “pro-life voice and wing” of the Democratic Party, hosted its inaugural conference in Denver ahead of the 2018 elections. Representative Jovan Melton, Representative Leslie Herod, and Senator Rhonda Fields joined ProgressNow Colorado, NARAL, and Compassion & Choices to call them out. Read full article #abortionrights #immigrantri
Hickenlooper orders Colorado not to help with Trump’s policy of separating immigrant families
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday signed an order that forbids Colorado’s government from helping the federal government enforce its new policy of separating immigrant children from their parents. “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s policy and practice of separating children from their parents when arriving at the southern border is offensive to our core values as Coloradans and as a country,” reads a new executive order. Read full article #immigration #deportation #il
