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Trump’s deportation threats bring “so much uncertainty” to immigrant-friendly Colorado, advocates say

Advocates for state’s immigrant groups fear the impact incoming president’s “Operation Aurora” plan will have on state

Former President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Aurora on Oct. 11, 2024. The Republican presidential nominee spoke to a large crowd in a 10,000-capacity ballroom at the hotel on the outskirts of Aurora, making good on an earlier promise to visit the city he has labeled a “war zone” because of problems at apartment complexes with a Venezuelan gang. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Former President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Aurora on Oct. 11, 2024. The Republican presidential nominee spoke to a large crowd in a 10,000-capacity ballroom at the hotel on the outskirts of Aurora, making good on an earlier promise to visit the city he has labeled a “war zone” because of problems at apartment complexes with a Venezuelan gang. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Elizabeth Hernandez in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 6, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)Nick Coltrain - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 5, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Trump, who has referred to immigrants “poisoning the blood” of the United States, promised to carry out mass deportations of people who are here illegally.

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