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A federal judge again ordered authorities to grant two Colorado congressmen and their colleagues unannounced access to immigration detention centers Monday.
The ruling is the latest blow to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s monthslong effort to slow congressional oversight of the facilities.
The temporary restraining order applied by U.S. District Court Judge Jia M. Cobb will once again allow members of Congress to access detention centers — like the one in Aurora — without prior notice to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
Every Democratic member of Congress from Colorado called for U.S. Secretary of Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem to resign after Border Patrol agents shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The legislators say U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is a lawless, rogue agency terrorizing Americans.
Most of Colorado’s U.S. Congress delegation sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday urging him to work with the state to release more than $300 million in Child Care and Development Funds (CCDF), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) funding.
AURORA | The office of Aurora Democratic Rep. Jason Crow will hold a job fair today aimed at connecting job seekers with a wide range of employers from across the region.
The event is scheduled 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Arapahoe County Community College’s Summit Room, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. Attendees were encouraged to register in advance, but anyone is welcome, Crow officials said.
WASHINGTON - Colorado U.S. Rep. Jason Crow and other Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging members of the military to resist "illegal orders" confirmed Wednesday that they are under investigation from the Trump administration, a remarkable step by the Justice Department that comes after the president accused the lawmakers of sedition for their words.
Washington — Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado has been contacted by the Justice Department about a video he and a group of lawmakers recorded that urged U.S. service members to refuse illegal orders, marking the latest escalation in the Trump administration's efforts against the Democrats.
AURORA | Aurora Democratic Congressperson Jason Crow and a group of Democratic colleagues are returning to federal court to challenge what they say is a renewed effort by the Trump administration to “secretly” block unannounced congressional oversight of immigration detention facilities, according to a statement issued by Crow Monday.
Crow and fellow Democratic lawmakers are asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to intervene after the Department of Homeland Security quietly issued a memo requiring members of Congress to give seven days’ notice before visiting federal immigration detention centers.
More than 100 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed on to a bill reforming how the military handles sexual assault and harassment, named in honor of 20-year-old murdered Army soldier Vanessa Guillén.
U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, one of the co-sponsors, said that as a veteran himself, “we still don’t do nearly enough to address sexual assault in the ranks. We need to make sure we are creating a system and culture of accountability in the military to protect our women and men in uniform.”
He added: “The military failed Vanessa Guillén but I refuse to let Congress fail her or her family. It is Congress that decides what kind of military we have and now.”
(CBS4)- President Donald Trump came under fire late Thursday night and into Friday after a report from The Atlantic stated that the president had skipped a visit to a military cemetery in France after calling the dead "losers" for getting killed. One of the people criticizing the president Friday was Rep. Jason Crow, a Democrat who represents Colorado's 6th Congressional District. Taking to Twitter, Crow said that the president's comments are "abhorrent."
DENVER — U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colorado) and Jason Crow (D-Colorado) held a press conference Tuesday outside the downtown Denver post office to discuss what they call a "rapidly evolving crisis" at the U.S. Postal Service.
The lawmakers were joined by Colorado residents whose lives and livelihoods are being impacted by efforts from President Donald Trump's administration to slow down the mail.