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President Donald Trump has been inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States. He is anticipated to enact a flurry of executive orders impacting the civil rights and civil liberties of people across the country, including immigrants, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and others.

On January 14, 2025, The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission will present ACLU of Colorado Executive Director Deborah Richardson and Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Colorado Access, Bobby King, with the Honorable Dr. Menola Upshaw Lifetime Achievement Award at

A new letter cautions Colorado sheriffs and pretrial detention centers against violating state laws prohibiting specific kinds of collaboration with ICE.

Anna I. Kurtz, (she/her), Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU of Colorado In the midst

“It is clear, with the re-election of former President Donald Trump, that feelings of fear and uncertainty are spreading through immigrant communities across the country.

DENVER – The Associated Press has announced that Former President Donald Trump is President-elect of the United States.

Living while Black is a struggle. Our Black communities fight to be seen and heard in many aspects of life. We fought to be treated as humans and have our basic human rights respected. We fought to be a part of communities and to gain voting rights.

Juneteenth is the celebration of the freedom of Black people from chattel slavery. One hundred and sixty years later, our fight to dismantle racial barriers and systemic inequities is far from over.

Today, the Pueblo County District Court ordered the City of Pueblo immediately to stop enforcing a harmful new ordinance that had prohibited syringe exchange programs within the city.