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Colorado driver's license program for immigrants could grow

re "I'm pleased more people will get access to licenses" [Rep. Millie Hamner, D.] Those people did not elect Ms. Hamner-those people are deportable illegal aliens
The Denver Post
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Colorado News

The struggling state program that grants driver's licenses to people living in the country illegally won funding approval Wednesday that would allow it to open more offices, but the money remains far below what officials say they need.

Feds tell Colorado delegation they will process seasonal visas

The Denver Post
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Colorado News

The Department of Homeland Security late Tuesday announced it will restart processing H-2B visas for temporary seasonal workers.

Colorado employers scramble as feds freeze worker visas

The Denver Post
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Colorado News

Colorado landscapers, hotel operators and other employers are scrambling to find seasonal help after the Department of Homeland Security abruptly stopped issuing temporary worker visas under its H-2B program ...

State closer to immigrant license showdown

Post Independent
Friday, February 13, 2015
Colorado News
The Colorado Legislature moved closer Thursday to a partisan showdown over granting driver’s licenses to immigrants in the country illegally.
 
The GOP Senate gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill blocking money for the state agency that oversees driver’s licenses ...
 

Colorado GOP leaders reject funds for noncitizen driver's license law

The Denver Post
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Colorado News

Colorado Republican lawmakers rejected Wednesday a request to shore up the state's already starved-for-cash driver's license program for those living in the country illegally.

Coffman votes against GOP bill to deport undocumented immigrants

31 News
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Colorado News

House Republicans mounted a serious challenge to President Obama’s immigration policies on Wednesday, voting to roll back the president’s effort to shield many undocumented immigrants from deportation ...

Spanish debate focuses Mike Coffman, Andrew Romanoff on immigration

The Denver Post
Friday, October 31, 2014
Colorado News

In Colorado's first known all-Spanish debate between political candidates, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, who's been learning the language since early last year, read closely from written answers. Democrat Andrew Romanoff, a more fluent speaker, spoke extemporaneously.

About 30 percent of misprinted noncitizen IDs returned so far

The Denver Post
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Colorado News

The Colorado Department of Revenue said Friday evening that 158 of 524, or about 30 percent, of drivers licenses mistakenly sent to immigrants living in the United States illegally have been returned.

Colorado driver's manual translated as those here illegally [illegal aliens] are licensed

The Denver Post
Monday, August 18, 2014
Colorado News

Colorado's driver's handbook has been translated into Spanish, roughly two weeks after the state began issuing licenses to those in the country illegally [illegal aliens] ...

Interactive map shows recess townhall meetings

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