Seth Klamann
@sethklamann.bsky.social
Politics and immigration, Denver Post. KC born, Mizzou made. Admirer of public records and Lionel Messi. Joy cometh with the morning.
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Seth Klamann
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· Oct 22
Stuck in Aurora ICE facility, more detainees are agreeing to leave the U.S. voluntarily
The government’s goal, lawyers argue, is to create conditions inside ICE facilities that push immigrants to voluntarily leave or to accept a deportation order.
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At Aurora’s ICE detention center, person after person either requests to be removed from the U.S. or accepts a deportation. With bail serially denied to detainees, voluntary departures have surged in the only immigration court in the US with no dedicated judge: www.denverpost.com/2025/10/22/i...
Poking my head up from a drive across Kansas (go Chiefs): DoC confirms that its odd statement from last evening means the state has rejected the Trump admin’s request to transfer Tina Peters. Confirmation backs up @kylec.bsky.social’s reading of the statement from last night.
Colorado officials reject Tina Peters prison transfer request by Trump administration trib.al/LJRWyu9
Colorado officials reject Tina Peters prison transfer request by Trump administration
The DOC statement suggests federal officials aren’t eligible to request transfers of inmates in state prison under Colorado’s rules.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Poking my head up from a drive across Kansas (go Chiefs): DoC confirms that its odd statement from last evening means the state has rejected the Trump admin’s request to transfer Tina Peters. Confirmation backs up @kylec.bsky.social’s reading of the statement from last night.
This remains one of the best pieces of journalism that’s been produced in Colorado this year.
"They've never come like this. I'm afraid for my daughters. I’m not going out all day."
What we saw from inside ICE’s raid at Aurora’s Edge apartments
Denverite documented an immigration raid in Aurora, staying with residents through the night.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
This remains one of the best pieces of journalism that’s been produced in Colorado this year.
The Corrections Department sent us the same statement this evening. But the department and spokespeople for the governor refused to say, repeatedly, if this meant they were refusing the BOP’s request and that they would prevent Peters from being transferred to BOP or custody elsewhere out of state.
NEW: Tina Peters is staying put in a Colorado prison.
Colorado's Department of Corrections tells me it does not intend to respond to a DOJ request to move Peters to federal custody.
www.9news.com/article/news...
Colorado's Department of Corrections tells me it does not intend to respond to a DOJ request to move Peters to federal custody.
www.9news.com/article/news...
Tina Peters to remain in state custody despite federal request
The Colorado Department of Corrections is resisting federal pressure to transfer a former Mesa County clerk to federal custody, despite Trump's backing.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The Corrections Department sent us the same statement this evening. But the department and spokespeople for the governor refused to say, repeatedly, if this meant they were refusing the BOP’s request and that they would prevent Peters from being transferred to BOP or custody elsewhere out of state.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in recent months appears to be refraining from conducting agricultural workplace raids, even as it scours Democratic-led cities for immigrants who are in the country illegally.
Trump allows more foreign ag workers, eases off ICE raids on farms
ICE in recent months appears to be refraining from conducting agricultural workplace raids.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in recent months appears to be refraining from conducting agricultural workplace raids, even as it scours Democratic-led cities for immigrants who are in the country illegally.
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NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
Pressure mounts on Gov. Polis as a group of county clerks say his “silence” on feds’ request to transfer Tina Peters is “deafening” and “offensive.” www.denverpost.com/2025/11/25/c...
Pressure mounts on Gov. Jared Polis to deny Tina Peters prison transfer request: ‘The silence is deafening.’
“There was a lot of pressure coming from the (Trump) administration and from the right, and the governor was being silent on it,” the clerks association director said. “And the si…
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November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Pressure mounts on Gov. Polis as a group of county clerks say his “silence” on feds’ request to transfer Tina Peters is “deafening” and “offensive.” www.denverpost.com/2025/11/25/c...
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The words Arena Expansion showed up in a KSE document this week👀 www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/...
New Kroenke plan contemplates Ball Arena expansion as part of development - Denver Business Journal
The home of the Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets isn't getting left behind as the teams' owners work to redevelop land around the arena.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The words Arena Expansion showed up in a KSE document this week👀 www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/...
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A federal judge in Denver today ruled that ICE agents have routinely carried out illegal arrests in Colorado, and ordered the agency to better document detentions so their legality could be monitored // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
Federal judge orders ICE agents in Colorado to follow law, stop ‘pattern’ of illegal arrests
The 66-page decision came three weeks after four immigrants testified that ICE agents had arrested them without warrants and without first checking to see whether they were likely to flee.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A federal judge in Denver today ruled that ICE agents have routinely carried out illegal arrests in Colorado, and ordered the agency to better document detentions so their legality could be monitored // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Breaking: A federal judge in Denver has ruled that ICE has a pattern of conducting illegal arrests in Colorado because its agents arrest people without checking if they’re a flight risk. Judge orders ICE to end monitoring of 4 people arrested this year & to stop arresting people in similar way.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Breaking: A federal judge in Denver has ruled that ICE has a pattern of conducting illegal arrests in Colorado because its agents arrest people without checking if they’re a flight risk. Judge orders ICE to end monitoring of 4 people arrested this year & to stop arresting people in similar way.
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Denver nonprofits are turning down federal grants, locking doors and using encrypted messaging apps to avoid "unprecedented" ideological scrutiny by the Trump administration
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Colorado nonprofits encrypt messages, lock doors to ward off federal threats. ‘Will they come after you?’
“There’s a lot of fear,” said Cathy Alderman of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. “The chaos they intend to inflict on us, it’s very real.”
www.denverpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Denver nonprofits are turning down federal grants, locking doors and using encrypted messaging apps to avoid "unprecedented" ideological scrutiny by the Trump administration
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NEW: Since the start of this year, more than 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
NEW: Since the start of this year, more than 600 immigrant children have been placed in government shelters by ICE.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
That number, which has not been previously reported, is the highest since recordkeeping began a decade ago.
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New: Meet the volunteers “bearing witness” at Denver immigration court.
These are the court watchers. They keep eyes open for ICE. They pass out resources to immigrants.
“It’s the best I’ve felt about being white in my entire life.”
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/23/v... via @denverpost.com
These are the court watchers. They keep eyes open for ICE. They pass out resources to immigrants.
“It’s the best I’ve felt about being white in my entire life.”
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/23/v... via @denverpost.com
‘Grassroots’ movement of local residents keeps a watchful eye at Denver immigration court
Denver-area residents provide support and information to families at federal building.
www.denverpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
New: Meet the volunteers “bearing witness” at Denver immigration court.
These are the court watchers. They keep eyes open for ICE. They pass out resources to immigrants.
“It’s the best I’ve felt about being white in my entire life.”
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/23/v... via @denverpost.com
These are the court watchers. They keep eyes open for ICE. They pass out resources to immigrants.
“It’s the best I’ve felt about being white in my entire life.”
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/23/v... via @denverpost.com
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BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
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Update: DOC officials are now allowing all inmates at YOS to purchase food from the canteen.
Previous policy only allowed those who hit certain levels based on good behavior.
Families say their sons have lost 20-30 lbs in recent weeks
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/21/c...
Previous policy only allowed those who hit certain levels based on good behavior.
Families say their sons have lost 20-30 lbs in recent weeks
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/21/c...
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Update: DOC officials are now allowing all inmates at YOS to purchase food from the canteen.
Previous policy only allowed those who hit certain levels based on good behavior.
Families say their sons have lost 20-30 lbs in recent weeks
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/21/c...
Previous policy only allowed those who hit certain levels based on good behavior.
Families say their sons have lost 20-30 lbs in recent weeks
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/21/c...
Colorado voters hold a dim view of national politics, with nearly 3 in 4 characterizing the political situation as “in crisis,” and nearly 2/3rds of respondents to a new poll fear political violence will worsen over the next few years, per @coltrain.bsky.social: www.denverpost.com/2025/11/21/c...
Coloradans have gloomy outlook on economy, elected leaders — and fear rise in political violence, poll finds
Nearly 3 in 4 Colorado voters characterized the political situation as “in crisis” in a new poll, while nearly two-third feared political violence would worsen over the next few years.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Colorado voters hold a dim view of national politics, with nearly 3 in 4 characterizing the political situation as “in crisis,” and nearly 2/3rds of respondents to a new poll fear political violence will worsen over the next few years, per @coltrain.bsky.social: www.denverpost.com/2025/11/21/c...
The Colorado County Clerks Association have also now written to Polis, urging him to reject the federal government’s request and asking him to meet with them ahead of any decision.
Colorado attorney general, Grand Junction prosecutor urge Gov. Jared Polis not to transfer Tina Peters trib.al/pjvboE6
Colorado attorney general, Mesa County prosecutor urge Gov. Polis not to transfer Tina Peters
The letter called the transfer request “a transparent attempt to bypass the president’s inability to pardon Ms. Peters or commute her sentence.”
trib.al
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Colorado County Clerks Association have also now written to Polis, urging him to reject the federal government’s request and asking him to meet with them ahead of any decision.
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New: Student journalists say they were banned from CU Boulder campus after covering pro-Palestine protest www.denverpost.com/2025/11/20/c... via @dailycamera.com
Student journalists say they were banned from CU Boulder campus after covering pro-Palestine protest
Sophomore Ašiihkionkonci Parker, one of the student journalists, was banned from campus for two weeks after covering a Students for Justice in Palestine protest against Lockheed Martin at a career …
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November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New: Student journalists say they were banned from CU Boulder campus after covering pro-Palestine protest www.denverpost.com/2025/11/20/c... via @dailycamera.com
A state legislative committee just voted unanimously to provide legal counsel for 15 of these legislators. One (Sen. Kyle Mullica) did not request state-sponsored counsel, and another (Rep. Shannon Bird) has now had the complaint against her dismissed (though she also did not request counsel).
LATEST: Colorado’s ethics commission voted unanimously Tuesday to advance 17 complaints against a group of state lawmakers, nearly all of whom attended a private Vail retreat funded in part by a dark money group.
Colorado ethics commission votes to investigate complaints against 17 state lawmakers
Colorado’s ethics commission voted unanimously Tuesday to advance 17 complaints against a group of state lawmakers, nearly all of whom attended a private Vail retreat funded in part by a dark…
trib.al
November 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A state legislative committee just voted unanimously to provide legal counsel for 15 of these legislators. One (Sen. Kyle Mullica) did not request state-sponsored counsel, and another (Rep. Shannon Bird) has now had the complaint against her dismissed (though she also did not request counsel).
The surge in voluntary departures continues, per @katielang.bsky.social. More and more detained immigrants are requesting to leave so they can escape what are prison-like conditions facing people who have often never been arrested or detained before.
A Durango father and his two children arrested by federal immigration agents who thought they were someone else have agreed to leave the United States because of the trauma they have experienced in detention, advocates said Wednesday night.
Durango father, children arrested by ICE agree to leave the country, advocates say
The “mental, physical, and emotional trauma they have endured has left them unable to continue fighting their case,” advocates said.
trib.al
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The surge in voluntary departures continues, per @katielang.bsky.social. More and more detained immigrants are requesting to leave so they can escape what are prison-like conditions facing people who have often never been arrested or detained before.
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The University of Colorado banned 3 student journalists from campus and charged them with code-of-conduct violations after they covered a Students for Justice in Palestine protest against Lockheed Martin for student publication El Diario de la Gente
CU Boulder bans student journalists from campus after they covered a pro-Palestine protest
The University of Colorado Boulder banned three student journalists from campus and charged them with code of conduct violations after they covered a pro-Palestine protest in October.
www.dailycamera.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The University of Colorado banned 3 student journalists from campus and charged them with code-of-conduct violations after they covered a Students for Justice in Palestine protest against Lockheed Martin for student publication El Diario de la Gente
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A Durango father and his two children arrested by federal immigration agents who thought they were someone else have agreed to leave the United States because of the trauma they have experienced in detention, advocates said Wednesday night.
Durango father, children arrested by ICE agree to leave the country, advocates say
The “mental, physical, and emotional trauma they have endured has left them unable to continue fighting their case,” advocates said.
trib.al
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A Durango father and his two children arrested by federal immigration agents who thought they were someone else have agreed to leave the United States because of the trauma they have experienced in detention, advocates said Wednesday night.
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you don't have to embarrass our guest by asking if he had someone killed and hacked to pieces
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
you don't have to embarrass our guest by asking if he had someone killed and hacked to pieces
What’s happened to Labour is a warning for Dems in the US. Labour smothered their left wing and then won in part because the conservatives were so unpopular. Then they tacked hard right on immigration while not providing any economic reforms, and now the far right is ascendant.
Would love to see someone from the moderate, Majority Dem faction really address and wrestle with the political effects of what Labour has been up to.
Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 15-17 November 2025
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
What’s happened to Labour is a warning for Dems in the US. Labour smothered their left wing and then won in part because the conservatives were so unpopular. Then they tacked hard right on immigration while not providing any economic reforms, and now the far right is ascendant.