Immigrant Rights

More than 50 No Kings rallies took place around Colorado on Saturday including in Glenwood Springs, where an estimated 4,000 demonstrators marched through downtown wearing costumes and brandishing signs protesting the Trump administration. Protesters gathered Saturday morning in Bethel Plaza under the bridge over the Colorado River.

As immigration raids are taking place across Colorado communities, local law enforcement is struggling to interpret a new law and strike a balance with the federal government. Ryan Spencer is a public safety reporter for a number of outlets across the Western Slope. He recently published an article about Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, and which Sheriff’s departments they are communicating with, and those they aren’t.

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Attorney General Phil Weiser filed a lawsuit on July 22nd against a Mesa County sheriff’s deputy mandating him to follow state laws that bar state agency and local government employees from cooperating with federal officials on immigration civil enforcement.

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CoWest Noticias Collaborative, a local consortium of news media from across the Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys, held its inaugural event on Thursday June 26 at Morgridge Commons in Glenwood Springs, featuring Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser.

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The increase in immigration raids across the country will not spare the Roaring Fork Valley, but there are things you can do to protect yourself.