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New immigration policies could put an added burden on Colorado

We know the millions that NY and LA paid for DACA recipients; what did Colorado taxpayers pay and why isn't this disclosed?
The Denver Post
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Colorado News

With Congress headed toward a cease-fire in the immigration fight, the debate now shifts to states such as Colorado and what they're doing to prepare for the executive action issued last year by President Barack Obama.

Federal judge strikes down Arizona's controversial immigrant smuggling law

Fox News Latino
Saturday, November 8, 2014
National News

A federal judge has struck down Arizona's 2005 immigrant smuggling law on the grounds that it's trumped by federal statutes.

Report: 94% Of Illegal Border Crossers Skip Court Hearings Over 11-Week Period

Breitbart
Saturday, November 1, 2014
National News

Thousands of family units that recently entered the United States illegally failed to appear before immigration judges between July 18 and October 7 of this year.

Denver judges consider border immigration cases

9 News
Monday, September 29, 2014
Colorado News

Two immigration judges in Denver are hearing the asylum cases of mothers and children being held at a remote New Mexico deportation center.

The hearings on Monday and Tuesday are being held by video from Artesia, New Mexico.

The immigrant women are seeking asylum ...

Federal Court Upholds [public schools] U.S. Flag Ban On Cinco De Mayo; Lawyer Vows To Take Case To U.S. Supreme Court

Fox Latino
Friday, September 19, 2014
National News

A federal appeals court will not reconsider a unanimous February ruling upholding the actions of a principal in a Northern California high school who ordered students wearing American flag shirts inside out during a 2010 Cinco de Mayo celebration ... in  the San Jose suburb of Morgan Hill ... 

Gov. Brown repeals unenforced [through court-order] sections of Prop. 187

Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
National News

Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Monday that repeals unenforceable provisions of Proposition 187, the two-decade-old measure that sought to withhold public services from immigrants in the country illegally ...

Wisconsin Voter ID Law Re-Instated by Appeals Court

Vreitbart
Sunday, September 14, 2014
National News

Just ahead of the 2014 elections, a federal appeals in Wisconsin approved the implementation of the state's voter ID law.

Immigration Cases For Unaccompanied Minors Strain Courts

CBS 4
Monday, September 8, 2014
Colorado News

Immigration cases involving unaccompanied minors are clogging one of the Denver area’s two immigration courts, records obtained by CBS4 indicate.

There are nearly 8,000 immigration cases backlogged in the immigration court in downtown Denver ...

Immigration judges push to be independent from Department of Justice

Recommendation No. 1: Double the number of judges
7 News
Friday, August 29, 2014
National News

Congress might be on recess, but the immigration issue isn’t.

Two judges called on Congress earlier this week to tap into its constitutional power to make the swamped immigration court system an independent judicial agency.

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