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Colorado Lawmakers’ State of the Union Guests Include Former ICE Detainee, Evergreen High Student
Colorado Democrats use the State of the Union to spotlight impacts of immigration policies, tariffs harming small businesses, and gun violence prevention efforts with firsthand guests.
- On Tuesday night, Colorado members of Congress will host guests in the House chamber for the State of the Union, according to statements 24 and 23.
- Colorado Democrats are using visitors to highlight policy disagreements, including immigration and gun-violence prevention, with Rep. Brittany Pettersen bringing a student from Evergreen High School this year.
- Sen. John Hickenlooper plans to bring Caroline Dias Goncalves, a Dreamer held in a Colorado ICE detention facility for two weeks after a Mesa County traffic stop, to the speech.
- Some Colorado legislators plan to skip the State of the Union to attend MoveOn's 'People's State of the Union,' while Rep. Diana DeGette said she will boycott the speech rather than 'legitimize' the president, with party leaders naming responses.
- Inviting Park, Rep. Jason Crow underscores local economic strain from federal trade policy as Park, owner of bb.q Chicken and Front Range small-business owner, says tariffs closed a third location and ICE `unfairly targeted` legal employees.
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Denver Post
Colorado lawmakers’ State of the Union guests include former ICE detainee, Evergreen High student
Colorado Democratic lawmakers will bring a formerly detained immigrant and an immigration activist from metro Denver to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
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