As ICE claims it’s ramped up immigration enforcement, the number of Colorado arrests, deportations is still unclear

The Denver Post: The federal government says it’s ramping up immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump’s crackdown, but the extent of activity in the Denver area has been unclear — with little arrest data available yet.

A lack of transparency by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement so far is making it difficult to determine the size and scope of activities taking place locally, including no official confirmation yet of the number of arrests in a series of raids in early February that drew wide attention. The Denver ICE office’s recent posts on social media, however, have provided a glimpse into more than a dozen recent arrests of immigrants without proper legal status.

The promoted arrests largely have been of people with criminal pasts. On the social platform X, ICE’s Denver field office, which covers Colorado and Wyoming, has cited criminal accusations against people arrested in February and March that include sexual assault on a child, obstruction, gun and drug smuggling, and trespassing. The people were from Guatemala, Venezuela, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras.

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