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• Local farmers hurting from immigration decrease Play Video

  April 25, 2012 6:10 PM

  Stricter regulations over the past few years mean farmers must be sure a worker is in the U.S. legally. One farmer told us he's in compliance with the law, but he now has only 20-percent of his previous workforce. "Historically, this was a really good place to work,... more »

• Bachmann pledges border fence with Mexico

  October 15, 2011 2:44 PM

  PERRY, Iowa (AP) - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has signed a pledge vowing to push for construction of a fence along the entire border with Mexico by the end of 2013. Bachmann says that illegal immigration costs the U.S. more than $100 million a year and argues securing the border... more »

• Hot in-state tuition debate gets a partial pass

  April 16, 2011 3:26 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Senate Democrats in Colorado have given preliminary approval to a bill allowing illegal immigrant students to pay in-state tuition at Colorado colleges. Republicans opposed the bill before a voice vote yesterday, saying it would provide an incentive for immigrants to come to the country illegally. The Democratic... more »

• Pueblo senator proposes in-state tuition for illegal immigrants

  January 19, 2011 4:09 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado Democrats are proposing legislation allowing illegal immigrant students to pay in-state college tuition. A similar bill was killed by the Colorado Senate two years ago. Pueblo Sen. Angela Giron and Sen. Michael Johnston are drafting legislation that would allow students who are in the... more »

• Census: More immigrants moving to Longmont

  October 11, 2010 8:13 AM

  New Census data shows that Longmont has seen one of the largest increases in the number of foreign-born residents in Colorado during the last decade. The recently released figures from the American Community Survey shows that Longmont's foreign-born population increased from 10.6 percent in 2000 to 17.1 percent last... more »

• Colorado weighs changes to fingerprint program

  August 20, 2010 10:14 PM

  Colorado is considering possible changes to a growing federal program that uses fingerprints to catch illegal immigrants. Several groups have written Governor Bill Ritter to say they worry the program will intimidate crime victims and lead to racial profiling. Ritter spokesman Evan Dreyer said Friday the concerns have prompted the... more »

• Texas lawmaker to introduce anti-immigration bill

  April 28, 2010 10:43 AM

  A Texas lawmaker says she plans to push for a law similar to Arizona's get-tough immigration measure. San Antonio Express-News and Houston Chronicle report Wednesday that Republican Rep. Debbie Riddle of Tomball says she will introduce the measure in the January legislative session. The new Arizona law would require local... more »

• What effect will AZ's immigration law have in CO?

  April 26, 2010 12:27 PM

  Here's what I'm working on today. Will Arizona's tough new immigration law have an effect on Colorado? Will more illegal immigrants move here--hoping to avoid punishment in the Grand Canyon State? In a couple of hours I'm going to talk with Joe Mahoney, Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the... more »

• Drug gangs taking over U.S. public lands

  March 1, 2010 6:10 PM

  Not far from Yosemite's waterfalls and in the middle of California's redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate them. Pot has been grown on public lands for decades, but Mexican traffickers have taken... more »

• Caribbeans urged to write in ancestry on US Census

  February 24, 2010 12:35 PM

  Black people of Caribbean descent are being asked by their community's leaders to write in their nationalities on the upcoming U.S. Census. Those leaders wanted the Census Bureau to treat Caribbean immigrants and their children like Hispanics, who get to note whether they are descended from another country like... more »

• Labor Dep't approves new rules on farm workers

  February 11, 2010 9:20 AM

  The Labor Department is reversing Bush administration rules that made it easier for farmers to hire temporary foreign workers to help pick their crops. The new regulations will increase wages and offer greater protections for thousands of foreign farm workers. The rules also require growers to make a greater... more »

• Colorado spent $58M jailing foreign-born in FY '08

  January 13, 2010 9:08 AM

  The Colorado Department of Corrections estimates the state spent almost $58 million incarcerating foreign-born inmates in fiscal 2008 and received about $3.3 million in federal reimbursement for those costs. The statistics for the year ending June 30, 2008, didn't note the immigration status of the inmates. Colorado Attorney General John... more »