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Critics say Denver Post coverage skews ICE arrest data
Colorado Accountability Project, Approved, Commentary, State

Critics say Denver Post coverage skews ICE arrest data

By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project There’s one group the lefty press hardly checks: nonprofits Local media spirit animal Kyle Clark recently said: "Journalists just repeating what the powerful say isn’t news."Agreed. The media shouldn't be, but all to often are, merely scribes.Thing is, Clark and others have a spotty record at checking the powerful. In particular, they do a terrible job of checking the powerful nonprofits that have so much influence here in Blue Colorado.More on that topic in my recent op ed below.https://completecolorado.com/2026/03/23/colorado-press-selectively-holds-power-to-account/ The Denver Post’s Klamann and fun with statistics In the previous post today, I shared a recent op ed about how the lef...
Colorado judge blocks ICE from courthouse arrests, raising questions of state vs federal authority
Colorado Public Radio, Approved, Local

Colorado judge blocks ICE from courthouse arrests, raising questions of state vs federal authority

By Chuck Murphy | CPR News Another Colorado judge has ordered federal immigration agents to stop making civil immigration violation arrests in courthouses. Amanda C. Hopkins, chief judge of the 12th Judicial District for six south central Colorado counties, issued an administrative order Tuesday barring anyone from making civil detentions in the district’s courthouses. “Effecting civil arrests against people attending to court matters has several consequences to the court’s constitutionally-mandated administration of justice,” Hopkins wrote in the order. “Civil arrests have a chilling effect not only on criminal defendants’ presence at their hearings, but also on victims reporting crimes.” Colorado law prohibits arrests for civil violations at courthouses: “[A] person shal...
More Than 200 Dangerous Illegal Immigrants Captured in Denver ICE Raid
Local, Approved, kdvr.com

More Than 200 Dangerous Illegal Immigrants Captured in Denver ICE Raid

By Heather Willard | KDVR Fox 31 DENVER (KDVR) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced Wednesday that 243 people were arrested in the Denver metro area who the agency says are “currently charged with or have been convicted of criminal offenses after illegally entering the United States.”  The operation was conducted from July 12 through 20, and ICE provided the following reasons for the arrests: DUI: 17 Theft (including burglary, robbery and motor vehicle theft): 8 Assault (including aggravated assault and domestic violence): 13 Drug offenses (including distribution of fentanyl): 9 Sex offenses (including sex assault and sexual exploitation of a minor): 5 Homicide (including murder and vehicular manslaughter): 2 Human trafficking: 1 ...
ICE arrests terror-linked Iranian nationals amid growing threat of sleeper cells
Fox News, Approved, National

ICE arrests terror-linked Iranian nationals amid growing threat of sleeper cells

By Cameron Arcand , Brooke Taylor | Fox News Officials tout being 'full throttle on identifying and arresting known or suspected terrorists' as Iran sleeper cell threat looms EXCLUSIVE: At least five more Iranian nationals were arrested on Monday in addition to the 11 announced by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday morning. On Monday, 45-year-old Mohammad Hassanpoor was arrested by officers in Baltimore and given a "Third County Notice." He was previously criminally convicted of "assault with a deadly weapon or force likely to produce great bodily injury," where he was sentenced to just under a year behind bars.  He was also previously sentenced roughly three months behind bars for "battery: spouse/ex sp/date/etc." and sentenced to two years for stalking. ...
ICE arrests irate Haitian gang member, murder and rape suspects in Boston
Approved, National, New York Post

ICE arrests irate Haitian gang member, murder and rape suspects in Boston

By Isabel Keane | New York Post Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers hit the ground running this week, arresting multiple violent offenders in sanctuary cities, including a hostile Haitian gang member with a lengthy rap sheet who said he “ain’t going back to Haiti” and raged “F*** Trump, Biden forever!” ICE officers in Boston made eight noteworthy arrests, including multiple MS-13 gang members, murder and rape suspects and the Haitian gang member, with 18 recent convictions, according to Fox News, who rode along with ICE for the arrests. There was also at least one “collateral” arrest where ICE took an illegal immigrant who wasn’t their initial target into custody, with the arrest in Boston being of an MS-13 gang member who had been released by the sanctuary city on Tuesda...

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