Hancock on DACA: “Our Dreamers are being held hostage.”
"We stand with them," Hancock told the press. "It's time for the United States President and the United States Congress to act."
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Denver school board pledges to ‘stand shoulder-to-shoulder’ with undocumented immigrants
“You have accomplices and luchadores in us,” said board member Angela Cobián.
Speaking to immigration protesters, Sen. Michael Bennet stays the course
"We can’t pass anything in the senate without 60 votes, and we cannot take for granted that we have those votes," the senator told protesters occupying his office.
Trump plan asks to end visa lottery, allow fewer family sponsors, spot $25 billion for border security — and provide a path to citizenship for 1.8 million
Trump's immigration plan comes with a long list of concessions that many Democrats, and also conservative Republicans, especially in the House, may find impossible to swallow.
Survey: Coloradans split on Trump’s performance, find common ground on DACA
Sen. Cory Gardner's approval rating took a steep dive, according to the survey, and most Coloradans want dreamers to be able to stay in the country.
Colorado’s U.S. senators vote to reopen government after deal to talk immigration in coming weeks
The government has been shut down since late Friday night as Democrats refused to vote for a Republican bill to keep the government open, insisting that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, due to expire in March, be addressed.
Women’s March in Denver moves beyond protest of Trump
The 2018 Women's March in Denver, as well as its counterpart rallies across the country, highlighted that those pushing for equality are less shocked and fearful of the future than they were a year ago and more energized about affecting change.
Colorado’s federal employees and DACA recipients remain in suspense as government shuts down over immigration disagreement
Colorado's U.S. senators voted along party lines Friday night, surprising no one, as a Republican bill that would have funded the federal government past midnight failed to pass.
Colorado and Ohio Govs. Hickenlooper and Kasich unite in appeal to save DACA
Republican, Democratic governors urge Congress to save DACA
Colorado universities want immigrant students to continue studies, helps them apply for DACA renewal
Colorado universities help students apply for DACA renewal
Colorado is suing the feds over the DACA repeal
Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Colorado will be joining the lawsuit led by New York, Massachusetts and Washington.
This bill would address one of DACA recipients’ big fears, that their applications for relief will be used to deport them
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman has sponsored legislation that would protect the information that DACA recipients voluntarily provided from being used against them.
Why Colorado isn’t one of the states suing over DACA’s repeal
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, a Republican, is sitting this one out.
Six months and counting: How Coloradans are planning for the end of DACA
We asked DACA recipients and those who support them about their next steps as the Trump administration announced the program's impending end.
Gov. John Hickenlooper urges “common sense” on DACA as advocates mobilize
Unauthorized immigrants brought to this country as children face a return to the shadows if President Donald Trump repeals the DACA program.
After a decade of victories, Colorado’s DACA generation faces Trump with allies behind them
Gov. John Hickenlooper will join immigrant advocates and other prominent Colorado politicians Friday to call for the continuation of the DACA program.
Theater troupe gives undocumented and DACA immigrants the stage tonight
Jeanette Vizguerra will be one of the storytellers performing with the Romero Theater Troupe at First Unitarian Society.