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Laundry list of problems with Democrat’s voting bill
Peter Blake
Complete Colorado
May 8, 2013
Tags:
Colorado legislature, fraud, voter registration

...more than 70 percent of the state’s voters have asked for mail ballots in recent elections... Under House Bill 1303, now on Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk, everyone would be sent a ballot by mail. Ballots would go even to those inactive voters who haven’t voted in an election or three and who may well have died or moved away...

...you have to sign your ballot when you return it. Since signatures are supposed to be checked, wouldn’t that discourage the person tempted to vote a ballot that isn’t his?

“It’s as much an art as a science,” said Secretary of State Scott Gessler...

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Colorado House gives first OK to give licenses to those in country illegally
Illegal Aliens 'should not have to abide by different road safety standards'
Kurtis Lee
The Denver Post
May 6, 2013
Tags:
Colorado legislature, driver's license, illegal aliens

Whether residents of Colorado in the country illegally should be able to obtain a state-issued form of a driver's license received a contentious debate in the House on Monday before lawmakers gave it an initial OK.

Democrats insist the measure is a public safety issue, while Republicans voiced concerns these identification cards could be doled out to individuals with criminal backgrounds ...   ... Rep. Dan Nordberg, a Colorado Springs Republican, offered an amendment on Monday to have those seeking a license submit a fingerprint to the federal Secure Communities Program, as a...
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Immigrant [illegal alien] Licenses Face Colorado House Review
CBS 4
May 1, 2013
Tags:
Colorado legislature, driver's license, illegal aliens

Driver’s licenses for immigrants [illegal aliens] living in Colorado illegally will be up for a first vote in a state House committee. [SB 251]

The proposal has already cleared the Senate on a party-line vote, with Republicans in opposition.   The bill would make Colorado one of a handful of states that allows driver’s licenses for immigrants in the country without legal permission. Licenses would be labeled to say the immigrants [illegal aliens] are not legal residents, and the identification could not be used to board a plane, vote, or to obtain public benefits.  

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Bill giving undocumented [illegal alien] students in-state college tuition in Colorado to be signed into law Monday
7 News
April 29, 2013
Tags:
Colorado, tuition, state legislation

Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper will sign legislation to grant in-state tuition for students in the country illegally who graduate from Colorado high schools.

The in-state rate is one-third the amount out-of-state students pay.

It's called the ASSET bill, which stands for Advancing Students for a Stronger Economy Tomorrow.   Under the bill, students would have to have attended a Colorado high school for three years and have to apply to a college in our state within 12 months. Graduates who have been in Colorado continuously for 18 months are also eligible to receive...
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Instate tuition for [illegal alien] immigrants becomes law in Colorado
Ivan Moreno
The Denver Post
April 29, 2013
Tags:
Colorado legislature, illegal aliens, tuition

 

Immigrant [illegal alien] students living in the U.S. illegally will qualify for in-state tuition at Colorado colleges after Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the proposal into law Monday.  
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Sen, Bennet: Immigration bill can make us economically stronger
The reality is that these measures help create jobs for Americans.
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet
The Denver Post
April 29, 2013
Tags:
Colorado, economy, jobs, illegal immigration, amnesty

[US Sen. Michael Bennet says that] Colorado has developed a reputation as a beacon of innovation ...

[...] One of the major challenges (for both Colorado and the U.S.) to becoming a worldwide destination for innovation and a magnet for talent is our broken immigration system ...   Some worry that measures like these will allow immigrants to take American jobs; they won't. The reality is that these measures help create jobs for Americans. When foreign entrepreneurs build their companies on American soil, it adds to our economy and keeps us competitive.   Our proposal,...
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Video: Immigration Reform - Colorado State of Mind
Rocky Martin PBS
April 26, 2013
Tags:
video, environment, growth, population, illegal immigration, amnesty, jobs

A look at immigration reform being proposed by the bipartisan "Gang of 8". Panelists include Colorado University Professor Philip Cafaro (with Progressives for Immigration Reform and Immigration Environmental Impact Statement), and former Congressman Tom Tancredo. Panelists also include an immigration attorney and a former illegal alien who was amnestied in 1986 who now uses eVerify in her business.

Watch the video (27 minutes).

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Colo. [illegal alien] reporting requirement repealed
San Francisco Chronicle
April 26, 2013
Tags:
Colorado legislature, enforcement, illegal immigration

Colorado sheriffs and police will no longer be required to notify federal authorities when they arrest someone suspected of living illegally in the U.S., ending a policy passed seven years ago when Democrats and Republicans unified on strict immigration laws.

Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill Friday that repeals the 2006 law...

The repeal is among bills proposed by Democrats this year that highlight a major shift on how they view immigration policy in the state. Along with the reporting law, in 2006 Democrats also joined Republicans in passing a bill that...

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Colorado Senate advances bill allowing driver's licenses for [illegal aliens] immigrants
Yesenia Robles
Denver Post
April 24, 2013
Tags:
Colorado, Colorado legislature, driver's license

The Colorado Senate passed on a voice vote a bill on Wednesday [April 24, 2013] to allow immigrants [illegal aliens] who are in the country illegally to obtain a driver's license...

The bill would create a separate process for a new category of driver's licenses that would be marked to ensure the state's continued compliance with federal guidelines, and therefore making the license invalid for boarding an airplane, entering federal buildings or for voting.

Initially the bill, Senate Bill 251, would have required a marked restriction that said "noncitizen," but that...

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Senate Gang of 8 immigration overhaul huge for Colorado
Allison Sherry
Denver Post
April 14, 2013
Tags:
Colorado, amnesty, Congress

A proposed immigration overhaul to be unveiled on Capitol Hill this week would, if passed, affect almost every aspect of Colorado's economy — from its eastern and western agricultural borders to the high-technology grid in Boulder and the high mountain tourism industry.

Some half a million people in Colorado are immigrants, both with and without papers to be in the country legally ...   "This broken immigration system was affecting every corner of our economy in our state," said Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, who is one of the eight chief authors — four Democrats, four...
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