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Mind Springs’ Board of Directors voted unanimously on Feb. 13 to stop pursuing a proposed contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after hearing ‘significant’ concerns from community members.
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Many immigrant-run businesses were closed and some students and staff at local schools stayed home on Feb. 3 as part of the nationwide protest, "Un Día Sin Inmigrantes," calling attention to the social and economic role immigrants play in communities amidst President Trump’s immigration crackdowns.
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In 2023, Alan Muñoz helped launch the Civic Leader Education and Advocacy Program with Voces Unidas in Mexico City. Before this year’s program in May, Muñoz traveled to Mexico early to see his family in Calvillo Aguascalientes, many of whom he had never met. This is the final story in a three-part series documenting the journeys of DACA recipients in Mexico.
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Before this summer, Miguel González, an apprentice electrician who grew up in the Colorado River Valley, only knew stereotypes of his home country. However, a travel permit that allowed him to fly internationally as a DACA recipient in May gave him a vision of real Mexico and helped him fulfill an application requirement for his green card. This is the second story in a three-part series documenting the journeys of DACA recipients in Mexico.
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Luz Galaviz, a third grade teacher in Rifle, normally can’t travel abroad due to her immigration status. But after securing advance parole in May, she flew to Mexico City for a leadership conference with Glenwood Springs nonprofit Voces Unidas, despite concerns that she may not be allowed back into the U.S. This is the first story in a three-part series documenting the journeys of DACA recipients in Mexico and how the trips could change their lives in the Colorado River Valley.
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Over half a million undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children are protected from deportation as DACA recipients. But with the November election getting closer, many DACA recipients are worried their ability to remain in the U.S. could run out.
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Dozens of people gathered in El Jebel on Wednesday, May 1 to celebrate the groundbreaking of English In Action’s new tutoring center for immigrants. Students and tutors who attended the groundbreaking hope the new center will help foster cross-cultural community.
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New immigrants staying in shelters set up by the town of Carbondale and Recovery Resources will need to leave by Monday morning. Some have found temporary housing, but for others, the future remains uncertain.
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Like many people in our community, immigrants arriving in the valley over the last few months have had a difficult time finding stable housing. This was the topic of discussion at a panel this week led by the Valley Alliance to End Homelessness.
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Every day for the last two months, Rifle resident Irene Wittrock has been working with local nonprofit Voces Unidas at the Third Street Center in Carbondale, seeing to the needs of new arrivals in the town’s only temporary shelter.