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By Kelly Notarfrancesco | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice With her clenched fist raised high in the air and a call of, “Si se puede,” Denver Public School Board of Education President Xóchitl Gaytán smiled as she requested the DPS board’s vote to adopt a policy amendment to limit the district’s interaction with federal immigration agencies. Screenshot of Denver Public Schools Board of Education President Xóchitl Gaytán during April 23 board meeting. The policy change came at the request of a nationwide coalition of over 40 nonprofit activist organizations, many of which are connected with anti-Israel protests, Colorado’s anti-ICE protests, and the broader Marxist-Leninist global communist movement. Coalition members are financed byOpen Society Foundation,...