Colorado Officials Pledge to Repeal Controversial Immigration Reporting Law

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.comĀ  Colorado moved closer Monday to repealing a controversial law that requires local police to determine the status of immigrants and report undocumented people to federal authorities, the Denver Post reports. A state House committee voted 9-2 to repeal the six-year-old law, SB 90, that state officials said has cost taxpayers $13 million…

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Feds Spend More Money on Immigrant Enforcement Than All Other Crimes Combined

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The federal government spends more money on immigrant enforcement than all other law enforcement agencies combined, the Huffington Post reports. The U.S. spent nearly $18 billion in the 2012 fiscal year on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and US-Visit, an effort to help local authorities identify undocumented immigrants,…

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