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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · 1d

Was waylaid by Halloween but here is my latest story. Judge Jackson said late Friday afternoon he would rule as soon as he could -- my latest story.

Durango family was detained without a warrant — lawyers say it’s another example of ICE not following the law www.cpr.org/2025/10/31/d...

Durango family was detained without a warrant — lawyers say it’s another example of ICE not following the law

In a separate civil case, an ICE supervisor said he understands that the detainment was a "collateral arrest."

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · 1d

Lawyers representing the 4 plaintiffs are now pushing on that, bringing up individual cases -- including this week's detention of a family in Durango -- and asking how they were assessed. I'll update this space with news. Thanks for following along. 🎃

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · 1d

On the stand now is Gregory Davies, who is the #3 at ICE in Colorado. Federal government lawyers established that ICE officers go through a lot of training on this, assessing people for flight risk and that all of the determinations they've made this year have been proper.

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · 1d

Hi🖐️ -- we're still here in the cavernous, windowless courtroom in the federal building hearing arguments about whether Colorado ICE officers are illegally taking immigrants into custody and detention without assessing their flight risk.

Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · 2d

My latest: First day of arguments in a case challenging ICE officers in Colorado and their lack of warrants in detaining non-criminal immigrants. We'll pick up at 9 am tomorrow.

www.cpr.org/2025/10/30/c...

Federal judge hears arguments that Colorado ICE agents are illegally detaining people

Plaintiffs' lawyers argued that Colorado-based immigration agents do not first assess the likelihood of fleeing, which is required by federal law.

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · 2d

My latest: First day of arguments in a case challenging ICE officers in Colorado and their lack of warrants in detaining non-criminal immigrants. We'll pick up at 9 am tomorrow.

www.cpr.org/2025/10/30/c...

Federal judge hears arguments that Colorado ICE agents are illegally detaining people

Plaintiffs' lawyers argued that Colorado-based immigration agents do not first assess the likelihood of fleeing, which is required by federal law.

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · 3d

Here are my latest two stories on this growing escalation between local government officials and ICE.

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · 4d

"We’re going to send a message to every Denver police officer that your employer is hanging them out to dry. We’re going to come after their personal assets, their cars, their marital estates, we’ll garnish their wages."

denverite.com/2025/10/28/d...

Where does $20 million come from? Massive jury award will test George Floyd-era police reform law in higher courts

The law attempts to hold cities and officers accountable for egregious mistakes on the job — and lawyers are trying to outsmart it.

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · 25d

How much rain did we get overall? Wondering if I can leave the sprinklers off for awhile!

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · 26d

Particularly newsworthy at this moment because assaults on ICE officers are one of the reasons the federal government is using to send federal troops in to cities.

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · 26d

ICYM: @cprmarkus.bsky.social and I finished this piece last week and it landed Friday amid a busy news day. We could find no evidence that ICE's claims that assaults on their agents have gone up 1,000 percent nationally. Or in Colorado.

www.cpr.org/2025/10/02/i...

Claims of huge rise in assaults against ICE drive responses, but aren’t seen in available data

Despite repeated requests from CPR News for data to support the assault claims — ICE and Homeland Security have produced nothing but a handful of anecdotes.

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Caitlyn Kim @caitlynkim.bsky.social · Oct 3

Claims of huge rise in assaults against ICE drive responses, but aren’t seen in available data www.cpr.org/2025/10/02/i... via @cprmarkus.bsky.social & @allisonsherry.bsky.social

Claims of huge rise in assaults against ICE drive responses, but aren’t seen in available data

Despite repeated requests from CPR News for data to support the assault claims — ICE and Homeland Security have produced nothing but a handful of anecdotes.

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Marianne Goodland @mgoodland.bsky.social · Sep 26

Not licensed to practice in Colorado, according to search of state database.

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · Sep 4

My latest: Colorado being asked to hand over Medicaid data by House Republicans www.cpr.org/2025/09/04/r...

House Republicans demand health care and Medicaid data from Colorado

Specifically, they’re demanding lists and information about costs associated with operations and medical procedures done on people unauthorized to be in the country.

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · Sep 2

My latest: professional musician and his family fight immigration case.

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Professional Korean musician and family fight his immigration case in Aurora

Utah musician John Shin received a call from immigration authorities who said on the phone that they were from Fort Carson. When he arrived to meet with them, ICE agents took him into custody.

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Caitlyn Kim @caitlynkim.bsky.social · Aug 26

Gov. Polis, AG Weiser, Denver Mayor all clap back against Trump’s immigration lawsuit www.cpr.org/2025/08/26/c... via @allisonsherry.bsky.social #copolitics

Gov. Polis, AG Weiser, Denver Mayor all clap back against Trump’s immigration lawsuit

Colorado is among a handful of states the administration has sued for its so-called sanctuary policies.

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · Aug 19

Two of those people are in Colombia and are being brought back for it.

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · Aug 19

They wouldn't answer how many of the 30 people indicted were Venezuelans or how many TdA members are in Colorado. They did say 8 of the 30 were either leaders or in the gang.

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · Aug 19

And why am I not there?

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · Aug 19

So the feds had a press conference today announcing they cracked down on the Venezuelan gang TdA. But then none of the actual charges are tied to gangs, RICO or gang affiliations.

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Feds announce drug and gun charges, then make gang claims they won’t have to prove

Monday’s press conference was a repackaging of months of arrest warrants, indictments and superseding indictments as the number of defendants grew.

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Another Colorado judge is ordering federal agents to stop making immigration arrests at courthouses

A judge for six south central Colorado counties warned ICE and others that ignoring her order could mean legal trouble.

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · Aug 14

Another Colorado judge is ordering federal agents to stop making immigration arrests at courthouses

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Caitlyn Kim @caitlynkim.bsky.social · Aug 5

Colorado, Denver named again as ‘sanctuary’ spots for unauthorized new arrivals, fight continues in court www.cpr.org/2025/08/05/j... via @allisonsherry.bsky.social #copolitics

Colorado, Denver named again as ‘sanctuary’ spots for unauthorized new arrivals, fight continues in court

The federal government also thinks the state is wrong to seek sanctions against a Mesa County Sheriff deputy cooperating with ICE.

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Caitlyn Kim @caitlynkim.bsky.social · Aug 4

Could tracking denied gun sales help prevent tragedies? Experts think so www.cpr.org/2025/08/04/r... via @allisonsherry.bsky.social #copolitics

Could tracking denied gun sales help prevent tragedies? Experts think so

Gun purchase denials — which are immediately reported to local law enforcement, federal immigration officials and some prosecutors — could be useful intelligence. But is anyone making use of the data?

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · Aug 4

Just a little more than 5k Coloradans last year failed background checks to buy weapons. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation, which just received an additional $1.4 million for this very purpose, investigated about 90 of these people. That yielded about 30 arrests.

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Allison Sherry @allisonsherry.bsky.social · Aug 4

The tl;dr version of all of this is that very, VERY seldom does anyone do anything with this tidy list of people who try to buy guns when they're not supposed to.

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