ICE Detains Family in Denver Courthouse

Advocates and attorneys see uptick in community reports of ICE activity, but caution the spread of misinformation  - Aspen Journalism

Listen to an audio version of this story, produced for Aspen Public Radio, here: Last week, some immigrant advocacy groups and local attorneys saw an uptick in community reports of federal immigration enforcement actions in the Roaring Fork Valley and I-70 mountain corridor.  Aspen Public Radio’s All Things Considered anchor Halle Zander spoke with Social Justice Reporter Eleanor Bennett about the latest reports and her conversations with U.S. I…

Colorado advocates decry ICE courthouse arrest of immigrant family

The Byron Rogers Federal Building, which houses the Department of Justice's Denver Immigration Court, is pictured on Jan. 21, 2021. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)Colorado immigrant rights advocates expressed outrage over the Thursday arrest of a family of three outside a federal immigration court in Denver, calling the tactic an escalation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers that will punish immigrants who comply with the law by …

ICE detains family in Denver courthouse

It's the first known arrest of a family inside a courthouse in Colorado. 9NEWS spoke with an attorney who witnessed it.

ICE detains ex-Yale student and refugee in spite of order granting bond and release

An Afghan refugee and former Yale University student continued to be detained by federal immigration authorities on Thursday evening more than two days after an immigration judge issued an order releasing him on bond. Federal immigration authorities did not respond by Thursday evening to multiple requests for an explanation of the continued detention. Saifullah J. Khan, who was born in a Pakistani refugee camp after his family was forced from Af…