What is ICE Up To In Colorado Right Now? Plus, Huge Pizza News and Reframing the Rental Conversation
Along with the rest of the country, Denverites are reeling from the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti at the hands of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. Host Bree Davies and producer Paul Karolyi discuss the local reactions, including from Pretti’s parents in Arvada. Plus, what’s the deal with the “Ace of Spades” cards ICE agents left on detainees cars after a traffic stop outside Vail? We also talk about the new conservative-backed ballot measure to limit local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration agents and some good news! Longmont pizzerias are putting on a Colorado Pizza Festival in September.
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Paul mentioned photographer Drew Kartos (who has photos from last weekend’s protests up on his Instagram), the recent NYT/Siena poll on President Trump’s immigration crackdown, this helpful history of playing cards in Vietnam, and the distinction between ICE and the Border Patrol. Bree quoted this Al Jazeera interview with a former border patrol officer.
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