Our outdated immigration system is stressing resources, while the U.S. budget throws money everywhere except at border security
U.S.-Mexico border
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Colorado governor says his plan to bus migrants out of Denver is “night and day” compared with GOP governors
The monthlong influx of migrants to Denver has cost more than $1.4 million so far, and Polis announced plans to spend $5 million
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Littwin: Like other cities, Denver has a migrant crisis that only an unwilling Congress can fix
Federal funds can help in the short term, but without GOP-blocked immigration reform, nothing will really change
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“Borderlands Curanderos” traces impact of two faith healers and revolutionaries
Jennifer Koshatka Seman’s scholarly history examines the impact of 19th-century faith healing practices and radical politics of two curanderos in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
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Jennifer Seman’s graduate research led to her book “Borderlands Curanderos”
Author Jennifer Seman had to dig deep for documents referencing her two main characters, who left little in terms of primary documents for “Borderland Curanderos.”
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Pritchett: The U.S.-Mexico border is in crisis, even if you can’t see it directly
The water drop I did recently was legal. Leaving gallons of water under a plastic tub weighted with rocks on BLM lands does not violate any laws, though as I hiked with a friend into the Sonoran desert in Arizona, we discussed the nuances of legality, as evidenced by a recent famous court case in […]
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Denver lands CARNE y ARENA, a powerful immersive, virtual reality experience about refugees
An immersive virtual reality experience in the time of COVID? You are right to be skeptical. First, know that this groundbreaking virtual reality experience is safer than a trip to the grocery store, in terms of germs, and healthier than breathing Colorado’s ash-filled air, in terms of raging wildfires. No crowds. Appropriate preventive measures. Clean […]
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$8 million military construction project at Colorado Springs base shifted to pay for border wall
Construction at a military base in Colorado Springs is being deferred as part of budget shifts to pay for President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. That comes after assurances from the White House to Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner that no Colorado bases would be affected for the 2019 fiscal year. U.S. Sen. […]
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Cory Gardner votes against blocking Trump’s emergency declaration to build border wall
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner on Thursday voted against a Democratic resolution seeking to halt President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to secure funds for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. His vote ended weeks of speculation and signaled another step closer to Trump ahead of the Republican senator’s 2020 re-election bid. The resolution, already approved […]