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Click here for a video montage of the 8/15 Huerfano county ICE detention center protest. The video comes from esteemed TikTok creator @paradoxiakitty.

Fox 21 News: Protesters gather along I-25 in Walsenburg against proposed ICE facilities. CBS Colorado: Hudson and Walsenburg eyed for tripling immigrant detention capacity. See Margie’s earlier post with reporting by CPR’s Dan Boyce.

Please make sure your signs are appropriate, for a child in a car going by us, to see. Care with word choice is needed: please don’t use foul language or any type of sexual reference on the signs. Remember, kids are in those cars. Same for the bullhorns, let’s keep our rhetoric clean, no…

Statement to Community Members Demonstrating in Walsenburg, CO “I’m so sorry I could not be here in person with you today. But please know how grateful I am that each of you are here to stand up for our neighbors and for the rule of law. Like you, I’m deeply concerned at federal immigration…

Tuesday, August 26th, in front of Jeff Hurd’s office, from 9:15-10:30 am. 503 N Main St, Pueblo, CO 81003 (Map). We will will be conducting a mock funeral, with a casket! Dress in black. Suggested signs: We Feel Un-Hurd, RIP: Medicaid, RIP: Democracy, RIP: etc. Click here for more info

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Watch this video of the protest: https://photos.app.goo.gl/eCbrqDuF3JukTFrZ6 Dozens protest potential ICE detention facility near Walsenburg By Dan Boyce ·Aug. 15, 2025, 4:59 pm Share: About a hundred protesters gathered outside the small town of Walsenburg Friday to protest the possibility of a mothballed correctional facility getting reopened to serve Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Huerfano…

Time: Saturday, August 16, 10:30 – 11:30am MDT. Location: Walgreens 1520 W 4th St Pueblo, CO 81004. About this event: The Texas House Democrats are denying quorum to stop the Trump takeover of Texas and block his attempt to rig the 2026 midterm elections. But Trump isn’t stopping in Texas. He’s targeting Missouri, Ohio,…

From Val: This video surfaced and police have it: Click here for the video. Margie and I are aware that there may be a significant counter protest element at the Huerfano protest this Friday. Police are aware & we have 7-10 de-escalators coming from Springs & Denver. Springs is telling us they had a…