By Cory Gaines | Complete Colorado
As an undergrad, I worked many a job, often alongside people who were not born here in the United States. Some were here legally, some not. They comprised a variety of ages, life experiences, dreams, fears, etc.–just as you’d expect with any other group of humans.
They were not a uniform mass of humanity. Why then, do some Colorado journalists seem so eager to make them one?
Immigration has been a big story here in Colorado. All the more so lately as President Trump has ramped up enforcement of federal immigration laws. Many in Colorado’s left-leaning press have risen to the challenge of reporting on it. Breathless, dramatic stories abound, with an extra special focus on those who might garner the most sympathy. Not present, however, in much of this reporting has been the necessary care and precision of language.