Tag: Department Of Homeland Security
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Community College of Aurora pauses citizenship classes after DHS terminates grant
Community College of Aurora has paused citizenship classes after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security terminated a grant it received from Lutheran Social Services of Colorado. “Effective immediately, CCA will conclude all programming related to our citizenship class offerings,” said CCA President Mordecai Brownlee in a statement Thursday. “While this change is beyond our control, it…
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Judge handling Denver schools’ challenge to ICE policy changes course, sets hearing
The federal judge overseeing Denver Public Schools’ challenge to the Trump administration’s new policy for immigration enforcement announced on Monday that he will hold a hearing on the district’s request for a restraining order — a seeming about-face from his position just one week ago. The DPS lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem seeks…
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11 arrested — including Venezuelan nationals — in Douglas County after 30-plus car thefts reported in July
Investigators are still looking for potential connections between the cases
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UN Ambassador visits Denver, discusses new initiative to welcome refugees to the U.S.
United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield met with refugees in Denver on Friday and discussed the Biden-Harris administration’s new initiative to enlist the support of everyday Americans to help a fraction of the millions of people who have been displaced by persecution, violence and war around the world. Thomas-Greenfield visited Denver just a few weeks after…
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Avs draw biggest crowd to downtown Denver since 2019
The Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup playoff game on Saturday at Ball Arena, mixed with Juneteenth celebrations downtown, drew the largest crowd to Denver since St. Patrick’s Day 2019, according to data from the Downtown Denver Partnership. About 277,520 people came downtown Saturday to enjoy the Avalanche watch parties, helped by Denver’s streamlined approval process for…
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Rising political star Amber McReynolds leaving Denver elections post
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A potential candidate being sized up by insiders to run for Denver city clerk next year, then possibly higher office has her own plans. Amber McReynolds, Denver’s ubiquitous director of elections, is leaving Aug. 18 to become executive director of the National Vote at Home…