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Immigrants, lawmakers gather at Colorado Capitol to stand against deportations and other Trump plans

Standing behind a lectern in the Colorado State Capitol building, State Rep. Naquetta Ricks reflected on the harrowing conflict that forced her to leave West Africa for Aurora. Her family escaped the civil war in Liberia after her mother’s fiance was murdered by a firing squad. “Behind every undocumented person is a human story: a parent striving to provide for their children, a person trying to flee violence,” Ricks, an Aurora Democrat, said Wednesday.

 

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