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Illegal immigrants college bill moves to the House
April 24, 2012 5:35 AM
DENVER (AP) - A bill that would allow illegal immigrants in Colorado to attend college at a discounted tuition rate is moving on in the House. The bill is moving on to another House committee after the House Education Committee narrowly approved it Monday. The measure could run into more... more » -
Illegal immigrant tuition bill moves forward
April 18, 2011 3:38 PM
DENVER (AP) - A bill to grant in-state tuition status to illegal immigrants who graduate from Colorado schools has won final approval in the state Senate. All 20 Senate Democrats voted in favor of the bill Monday and all 15 Republicans voted against it. Senate Bill 126 will now... more » -
Farm group values immigrant work force
January 11, 2011 2:44 PM
ATLANTA (AP) - The nation's largest farm lobbying group says if state lawmakers crack down on illegal immigrants, they should also help farmers who need seasonal labor. Delegates to a convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation gave initial approval Tuesday to a policy offering to work with state... more » -
Colorado to participate in immigrant identification effort
January 4, 2011 12:13 PM
DENVER (AP) - Gov. Bill Ritter says Colorado will participate in a federal program aimed at identifying illegal immigrants when they're booked into jails. Ritter announced Tuesday that Colorado is joining 35 other states in implementing the federal Secure Communities program but with some modifications. The program uses fingerprints... more » -
Life sentence for Times Square bomber
October 5, 2010 10:44 AM
The man who plotted to kill Americans by driving a homemade car bomb into Times Square and leaving it to explode has been sentenced to life in prison. A federal judge gave Faisal Shahzad a mandatory life prison term at his sentencing Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. The... more » -
Pueblo council split on immigration reform vote
July 28, 2010 5:40 PM
On Monday, Pueblo city council has passed a resolution urging Colorado lawmakers to support comprehensive federal immigration reform. The resolution passed 5 to 2, with council members Vera Ortegon and Judy Weaver voting against it. The resolution reads as follows: The Pueblo City Council urges our United States Senators for... more » -
Illegal immigrants land at Camp Pendleton
July 6, 2010 3:47 PM
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The U.S. Border Patrol says two groups of seafaring, illegal immigrants have been caught coming ashore along Southern California's coast - including 18 people who landed at the Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton. U.S. Border Patrol agent Michael Jimenez says agents detained 16 Mexican citizens traveling... more » -
Artists suggest high-tech sheep wagons for immigrant workers
July 1, 2010 7:29 PM
DENVER (AP) - A group of Colorado artists is suggesting ranchers spruce up their sheep wagons for immigrant workers by designing the moveable 19th century-style homes with solar panels, showers and portable gardens. The designs proposed by Yuma-based nonprofit M12 will be featured in an exhibit for Denver's monthlong... more » -
Gulf Sheriff asks feds to look for illegal clean-up employees
June 9, 2010 1:54 PM
A sheriff in suburban New Orleans has asked federal authorities to investigate reports that illegal immigrants are working on the Gulf oil spill cleanup effort. St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Jack A. Stephens says in a news release that his department asked Immigration and Customs Enforcement weeks ago to look... more » -
Local concerns about Arizona immigration law
April 26, 2010 7:20 PM
Some people believe Arizona's new immigration law will have ripple affects here in Colorado and across the nation. Some of the big concerns, will illegal immigrants move to other states? And will the Federal Government pass tougher immigration laws? Arizona's crack down on illegal immigration reveals a nation deeply divided.... more » -
Parker man may get motorcycle back
April 19, 2010 3:05 PM
A law aimed at discouraging illegal immigrants from driving has snared a Parker man who lent a friend a motorcycle. The Denver City Council will vote Monday on whether to pay Kevin Ehrich $11,843 in attorney's fees and damages after Ehrich's motorcycle sat in the city's impound lot for... more » -
Cops: Man can't afford U.S., seeks deportation
September 29, 2009 11:52 AM
Police in Framingham, Mass., say an illegal immigrant from Guatemala entered a police station, told officers he had stolen another man's identity and asked to be deported because he could no longer make ends meet in America. Police told The MetroWest Daily News they arrested 29 year-old Carlos Boc... more »
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