Posts Tagged ‘immigration’
The Colorado Independent | Federal court delivers another blow to Arizona immigration law
The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has backed the Obama Administration in its case against SB 1070, the controversial immigration legislation passed by Arizona lawmakers last year. A three-judge panel ruled Monday that Arizona District Judge [...]
Urge CU Regents to Support ASSET
Our Colorado state legislature is currently considering SB 126, the Colorado ASSET bill, legislation that would permit undocumented students to pay unsubsidized in-state tuition in Colorado (i.e., students would not qualify for Colorado Opportunity [...]
Colorado Independent | CU Students rally to support ASSET bill to provide in-state tuition for undocumented students
Over 100 CU students braved the fierce cold on Wednesday to show support for SB 126, which would grant undocumented Colorado students access to higher education through in-state tuition. Last week, Rep. Angela Giron, D-Pueblo, and Sen. Michael [...]
Colorado Independent | Lambert to introduce Arizona-style immigration legislation for Colorado
Colorado State Senator-elect Kent Lambert, R-Colorado Springs, told The Colorado Independent Monday that he will introduce legislation early in the next session that would be nearly a carbon copy of Arizona’s SB 1070. “We will introduce a [...]
Center for American Progress | What are the economic effects of Arizona’s immigration law?
How is Arizona's immigration law affecting its economy? Watch Angela Kelley from the Center for American Progress.
Colorado Independent | CU students demand in-state tuition for undocumented Colorado residents
BOULDER – We’ve heard it a million times before, students these days just don’t care. But that’s a misconception according to 80 University of Colorado students who packed into a meeting on Wednesday, determined to start a full-blown [...]
Colorado Independent | Numbers show Hispanic voters carried the day for Colorado Democrats
Eighty-one percent of Latino voters in Colorado voted for Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet. Split the Latino vote down the middle between Bennet and Republican Ken Buck and Buck wins easily. Even if Buck had only received 30 percent of the Latino [...]
NPR | Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law
The law could send hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to prison in a way never done before. And it could mean hundreds of millions of dollars in profits to private prison companies responsible for housing them. According to Corrections [...]
Boulder City Council Asks Staff for a Report on ICE Program
At least five Boulder City Council members agreed to ask Boulder city staff and police to report on the impact of a proposed program of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) on local law enforcement and safety in the community. The ICE [...]
Colorado Independent | Undocumented Colorado Youth Feel Trapped, Call for Change
Maria, 22, left Zacatecas, Mexico, at the age of twelve to join her mother who had been working in the United States for four years. “It wasn’t the country that I was looking forward to. I mean I just wanted to go to my mom, even if it [...]
