The only shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in Colorado will grow in size significantly later this year. Devereux, a national behavioral health nonprofit, plans to expand its Westminster shelter for unaccompanied migrant children from eighteen to thirty beds for boys ages fourteen to seventeen, according to sources. And after that, Devereux will add twenty additional beds for girls of the ... Read more »

The six Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation have sent a letter to the White House requesting deportation proceedings be halted against individuals living in sanctuary inside houses of worship throughout the state. “We believe you should use your legal authority to lift the deportation orders against Colorado’s sanctuary leaders – Ingrid Encalada Latorre, Jeanette Vizguerra-Ra... Read more »

Today, U.S. Representatives Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Judy Chu (CA-27) and Zoe Lofgen (CA-19) led 173 members of Congress in urging the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Inspector General Joseph Cuffari to open an immediate investigation into new whistleblower allegations of mass hysterectomies being performed on women detained at the privately-run Irwin County Detenti... Read more »

Lakewood, Colo. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The DACA program provides nearly 800,000 Dreamers, including about 17,000 in Colorado, relief from deportation. “Today’s Supreme Court ruling upholds our nation’s values and... Read more »

Washington D.C.—Today, Congressman Joe Neguse, along with Senator Michael Bennet, Congressman Ed Perlmutter, Congresswoman Diana DeGette and Congressman Jason Crow sent a letter to ICE highlighting grave due process issues in the Aurora Immigration Courtroom and requesting immediate fixes to ensure fairness during COVID-19. The letter addressed to James McHenry, Director of the Executive Office fo... Read more »

Three more people who work at the immigrant detention facility in Aurora have tested positive for COVID-19. They're all employees of private prison company GEO Group, which runs the facility through a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and are quarantining at home, according to the company. "Based on a contact investigation conducted in partnership with the Tri-County Health Depart... Read more »

Members of Colorado's congressional delegation and state parties lined up along partisan lines to offer their reaction to President Trump's third State of the Union address Tuesday, the night before the Senate is expected to vote on impeachment. The president spoke of the nation's robust economy under his watch, a point of pride for Republicans with doubts and derision from Democrats during the el... Read more »

Coloradans in Congress invited several guests to President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night in Washington, D.C. Colorado representatives used the invitation to draw attention to issues including gun violence and veteran suicide. A father of one of the Columbine High School shooting victims was in the audience. Tom Mauser attended the State of the Union as a guest of Rep. Joe Neguse... Read more »

Twenty years ago, Tom Mauser was sitting in a congressional gallery, two seats down from the first lady, and watching President Bill Clinton describe his son, Daniel, as “an amazing kid, a straight-A student, a good skier.” Daniel had, in the president’s words, been “gunned down at Columbine” the year before. On Tuesday night, Tom Mauser will return to Congress for another State of the Union addre... Read more »

The State of the Union address provides the president a platform to lay out his agenda for the coming year to Congress and the country. At the same time, representatives and senators can use the address to showcase issues they are focused on during the legislative session. Each Colorado congress member is allowed to invite one guest, and while some bring family, others bring individuals from the s... Read more »