Tag: Sanctuary Jurisdiction
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Denver remains only Colorado city on federal sanctuary jurisdictions list
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver remains the only Colorado municipality on the U.S. Department of Justice’s updated list of “sanctuary jurisdictions.” Released on Tuesday morning, the updated list identified 22 cities and counties around the country, a significant decrease from the more than 500 named in the initial DOJ…
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Republicans put Mike Johnston on the defensive about Denver’s ‘sanctuary’ policies
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Denver Mayor Johnston, dressed in a dark blue jacket and striped red tie, immediately found himself on the defensive as the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing on “sanctuary cities” got underway on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Johnston, along with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and New York Mayor Eric…
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Federal committee calls for Denver mayor to testify on city’s sanctuary policies
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The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform investigating so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions across the nation has called for Denver Mayor Mike Johnston to testify in Washington, D.C. “Denver is a sanctuary jurisdiction that refuses to fully cooperate with federal immigration enforcement,” Committee Chairman James Comer wrote in a letter to Johnston dated Jan. 27. “To…
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Trump’s immigration orders put Denver’s federal dollars at risk
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Colorado’s most populous city faces the risk of losing hundreds of millions of federal dollars under a slew of directives that President Donald Trump issued as part of his campaign to crack down on illegal immigration, a crisis that has spilled over from the border into America’s interior cities. In an executive order, Trump outlined…