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Racial discrimination, excessive force and retaliation alleged at ICE detention center in Aurora

Three immigrant rights organizations have filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security alleging racial discrimination, retaliation and excessive use of force against two Black immigrants housed at the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora. The complaint, filed by the American Immigration Council, Immigrant Justice Idaho and Immigration Equality, alleges that two detention center […]

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The need for preschool has never been greater — and never harder — for struggling Colorado families to get

By Carina Julig, The Sentinel On a cold morning in mid-November, a group of children were learning the days of the week inside a renovated bus parked in the Willow Park neighborhood of Aurora. The brightly-decorated bus is home to You Be You Early Learning’s preschool program, which began serving students in the subsidized-housing neighborhood […]

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Future funding uncertain for Littleton Immigrant Resources Center that has aided hundreds

The future of Littleton’s only affordable resource center for immigrants seeking citizenship has been uncertain for years. But following a recent City Council budget meeting, members appear poised to pull funding from the center by fall of 2022. On Sept. 11, the city council voted 5-2 to move ahead with cutting the Littleton Immigrant Resources […]