5 days ago · ABC News followed federal immigration agents in several Denver raids. DENVER -- A text from a source illuminated my bedside table at 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday. "Get ready," it said. Soon after, our ...

6 days ago · Federal agents raided apartment buildings in Aurora and Denver on Wednesday morning, pounding on doors and taking an unknown number of immigrants into custody on a bus with bars on the windows. At Cedar Run Apartments in Denver, residents said more than 100 armed federal agents with 30-40 vehicles and armored vehicles surrounded the complex ...

6 days ago · Federal law enforcement agencies conducted a large-scale immigration raid across Denver and Aurora on Wednesday, with masked agents deploying flashing smoke grenades, zip-tying detainees and...

Dec 1, 2024 · The bill so far for Denver’s sanctuary city policies: $356 million in taxpayer dollars — about $7,900 per migrant, a new study estimates — and the city’s mayor said he would rather go to jail...

Mar 13, 2024 · How much will the migrant crisis end up costing Denver, and should we expect to see a city-sanctioned tent village?

5 days ago · Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite Federal law enforcement outside the Cedar Run Apartments, where immigration raids are taking place early Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.. The Denver Police Department said it was ...

Jan 20, 2025 · With stark threats but few details, new and undocumented immigrants are grappling with fear and uncertainty. CPR reconnected with the Rodriguez Espinoza family, a Venezuelan household we first...

Jan 31, 2025 · Illegal immigration, they argued, unfairly burdened taxpayers who were footing the bill for immigrants’ medical care and education. Coloradans weren’t always receptive to the message. “You ...

Jun 4, 2024 · The cost to the metro Denver region to shelter, educate and provide healthcare services to the more than 40,000 immigrants is as high as $340 million, according to estimates from a new study. The cost has typically been calculated using Denver-only spending data.

Mar 8, 2024 · Since December 2022, nearly 40,000 immigrants — who illegally crossed America's southern border — arrived in Denver, a sanctuary city where officials decided earlier in the crisis to provide shelter, feed and transport immigrants to their final destination.

May 10, 2024 · America’s illegal immigration crisis is spilling into metro Denver. At last count, nearly 41,000 immigrants have arrived in the city in the last 16 months, and officials said the response this year will cost $90 million.

6 days ago · Colorado state law prohibits local police from participating in most types of immigration-related enforcement actions, and there was no sign that either Denver or Aurora police participated on ...

5 days ago · DENVER (AP) — Donald Trump’s border czar on Thursday blamed news media leaks for hindering a large-scale operation in a Denver suburb the president has held up in his efforts to link violent crime with immigration.. More than 100 members of the Tren de Aragua gang were targeted Wednesday at apartment buildings and other sites in Denver and neighboring …

Jul 10, 2024 · Over the past 18 months, Denver has seen over 42,000 immigrants from central and south America, many of whom crossed the southern border illegally. The immigrants from the closed hotel shelter have been moved into apartments or transitional housing.

Jan 31, 2024 · Texas has sent 15,700 people to Denver since May. Initially, many were Venezuelans applying for asylum who had “Temporary Protected Status” under a federal program that allows people from some...

Jan 27, 2024 · Denver Health, the city’s “safety net” hospital, is asking for more money from both the state and federal government to help cover $10 million in unpaid medical bills from migrants.

Jan 29, 2025 · Two U.S. officials told CBS News Tuesday that the Denver area is among the next targets for the stepped-up immigration arrest operations that ICE has been conducting under the Trump...

Apr 11, 2024 · DENVER (AP) — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced a major shift Wednesday in the city’s response to the migrant crisis, extending support to six months but with only about 1,000 spaces.

Jan 28, 2025 · Denver's mayor, police and chief prosecutor are standing firm against working with federal immigration authorities to fulfill President Trump's controversial deportation plan. Why it matters: The U.S. Department of Justice has threatened to prosecute officials who resist the president's immigration crackdown.

Mar 9, 2024 · After more than 40,000 migrants arrived Denver in less than a year, city officials are struggling to help the new arrivals and serve their taxpaying residents amid skyrocketing rents and a...

Jan 11, 2024 · Mayor Mike Johnston's projection that the city could spend up to $180 million this year on illegal immigration translates to more than $500 per Denver household, a new report said.

6 days ago · Multiple Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies were on hand in Aurora, a city on the edge of Denver, to detain multiple illegal immigrants linked to the group known for human smuggling ...

Feb 9, 2024 · Mayor Mike Johnston on Friday blasted Congress for failing this week to pass a $118.3 billion bill aimed at stopping the flow of illegal entry at the southern border and making it easier for migrants who enter legally to get work permits.

Jan 18, 2023 · Migrants in Denver faced horror on their journeys to the U.S., but despite their desperate risks, many will be forced to leave.