Protesters pack Hudson's first town council meeting after announcement of ICE detention center
The five-year deal would reopen a nearly 1,200-bed facility as ICE expands detention capacity, drawing protests over local control and detainee treatment.
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ICE signed a contract to take over Hudson’s empty jail. The people who live and work there have mixed feelings
Activists gather outside of a shuttered prison in Hudson Jan. 21 to protest a proposed ICE detention facility at the location.(Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite) On Monday, as Benjamin Coulson picked up a steak quesadilla from Carniceria Mexicana, he learned about the ICE detention center in the works, just 10 minutes south of there. “I don’t think it’s a good thing. They’re trying to keep what they think is bad people out of the country, but then there’…
'Moral Stain:' Community Members Urge Rural Town Council To Oppose ICE Jail
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Hudson Town Hall during Wednesday’s Town Council meeting to oppose a plan to open an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Hudson, which is located about 30 minutes northeast of Denver. The Town Council meeting, which began by discussing zoning and Airbnb rentals, allowed people to speak during the open comment period at the end of the two-and-a-half-hour meeting. ICE recen…
Coloradans urge Hudson officials to fight planned immigration detention center
Protesters demonstrate against Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside the empty Hudson Correctional Center on Sept. 13, 2025. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)Hudson officials said Wednesday that they believe they do not have authority to approve or deny use of an empty prison in town for federal immigration detention, as protestors and citizens pleaded with them to find a pathway to prevent the opening of Colorado’s second such f…
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