Tag: Immigration
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Denver City Council to consider Axon ALPR camera contract
Denver’s regular meeting of the City Council moves to Tuesday as most city offices will be closed Monday in observance of Sí Se Puede Day. On the agenda, the clock is ticking on a delayed contract for automated license plate reading cameras. The 12-month, $150,000 agreement with Axon would deliver approximately 50 new cameras, replacing…
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Denver delays Axon ALPR camera contract
The City and County of Denver still hasn’t officially broken up with automated license plate reading camera vendor Flock Group, as members of the City Council agreed Monday to delay approving a new contract with Arizona-based ALPR maker Axon. Denver Councilman Kevin Flynn asked the council to postpone the contact for one week. Several on…
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Be just like them: Teachers choose friendship over friction at the theater
Two Denver teachers reflect on seeing the immigration play ‘Just Like Us’ at Su Teatro from very different life experiences The whole way home from seeing a local theater production on Thursday night, Cynthia Shelden was crying and praying. “It was that emotional for me,” she said. And when she got home, she took to Facebook.…
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Trump threatens to put ICE agents in airports
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump threatened to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to U.S. airports on Monday if congressional Democrats do not immediately agree to fund airport safety. Transportation Security Administration personnel are set to miss a second full paycheck on March 27 amid a partial government shutdown in its 36th day as lawmakers…
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Denver airport gears up for spring break as TSA employees miss first paycheck
As a Washington, D.C. showdown over immigration enforcement halts Department of Homeland Security funding, thousands of federal airport security screeners will miss their first paychecks this week just as the annual spring break begins in the U.S. and airline travel surges. Denver International Airport officials are asking the public and airport employees to donate grocery…
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Denver mayor’s office requests delay on Axon ALPR contract vote
While Denver’s long-running contract with the Flock Group, maker of automated license plate reading cameras, terminates March 31, the fuss over the city’s use of the ALPRs and the data they collect is far from over. Tim Hoffman, policy director for Mayor Mike Johnston’s office, asked members of the City Council’s Health and Safety Committee…
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Federal judge hears ICE agents’ confusion about law, injunction on warrantless arrests
A federal judge heard testimony on Tuesday from U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents in Colorado, who had trouble describing the requirements of his recent injunction and the training they received on making warrantless arrests pursuant to the law. On Nov. 25, U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson found that ICE’s warrantless arrests…
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Denver schools’ legal chief appears unsure about ICE warrants as board weighs new immigration policy
Denver’s school board is considering a major policy amendment that would consider all district properties “safe zones” by requiring a judicial warrant for federal immigration agents to interact with students. If passed by the board, Denver Public Schools General Counsel Aaron Thompson’s office would be tasked with verifying whether a warrant is valid under the…
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DPS board considers policy designating schools as ‘safe zones’ from immigration enforcement
The Denver school board discussed a major policy amendment that, if passed, will designate all district properties as “Safe Zones” and “Sensitive Locations.” In practical terms, the proposed policy amendment would restrict federal immigration agents from interacting with students and staff at school without a judicial warrant. District policy already bans U.S. Immigration and Customs…
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Denver police chief on mask ban, mayor’s orders: ‘What enforcement looks like, I’m not exactly sure’
As Denver takes steps to restrict federal agents conducting immigration enforcement in the Mile High City, its police chief said he is unclear as to how two new measures would be enforced. “I don’t know, to be honest with you. I don’t know what that (enforcement) looks like,” Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas told The…