Colorado Prepares for New Fights with Trump

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20

PROGRAM #10599  12:00 PM PT 

Colorado Prepares for New Fights with Trump. 

During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump called the city of Aurora a “war zone” overrun by migrant crime and pledged to launch the largest deportation operation starting with Aurora. In response to the upcoming administration, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has joined with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to announce a new effort dubbed Governors Safeguarding Democracy to fight against the threats that may come from the federal level. What does a second Trump administration mean for Colorado’s immigrants, public lands and abortion rights? How did Colorado vote? How will the state government and community groups respond? In other news, while Colorado went against the national tide and became more blue in the Nov. 5 election, incumbent Democrat Yadira Caraveo, Colorado’s first Latina in Congress, was unseated. Why the right turn?

Guests: Raquel Lane-Arellano, Communications Director, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition-CIRC, Denver, CO; Andrea Chiriboga-Flor, Executive Director, Justice For the People Legal Center, Aurora, CO; Jesús Sánchez Melean, Executive Director, El Comercio de Colorado Newspaper, Denver, CO.

Photo: Governor JB Pritzker/Facebook

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