A limit on liquor sales, TABOR in the crosshairs, paying college athletes and more from the Colorado legislature this week

Colorado bill allows defendants unlawfully living in U.S. to petition courts to vacate guilty pleas

Colorado lawmakers on Tuesday began debate on legislation that would allow criminal defendants living unlawfully in the U.S. to petition courts to vacate guilty pleas to misdemeanors under certain conditions and penalize child care and public schools that provide information…

Colorado lawmakers introduce bill to expand protections for undocumented immigrants

Colorado lawmakers introduced legislation Friday to expand protections for undocumented immigrants in the state, including by further limiting where federal immigration authorities can operate and how information can be shared with those authorities. Senate Bill 276‘s Democratic sponsors have been drafting the measure for weeks, and its introduction has been delayed amid negotiations with a leery Gov. Jared Polis. The measure also lands almost e…

Too many families are not taking the best possible steps to plan a possible separation from ICE operations

Laken Riley Act in Alabama: Would allow more arrests of undocumented immigrants

Alabama lawmakers have moved forward a bill that would give local law enforcement more authority to detain and arrest people who may be undocumented immigrants.

Alabama immigration enforcement bill gets approval from 2nd House committee • Alabama Reflector

Rep. Ernie Yarbrough, R-Trinity, greets a colleague on the floor of the Alabama House of Representatives on Feb. 6, 2024 in Montgomery, Alabama. The House Judiciary Committee Wednesday approved a bill sponsored by Yarbrough to allow local law enforcement to enforce the country's immigration laws. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved an immigration bill that had already received another committee’s approval…