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As President Donald Trump grapples with a campaign promise to complete a wall between the U.S. and Mexico – and protesters rally at Denver International Airport to welcome an immigrant’s arrival to the place he considers home – Colorado continues to struggle with its own immigration issues. See the slideshow about the January 28 DIA protest here, and keep reading for ten more stories about immigration written before and during the Trump era. Westword illustration
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Facebook photo courtesy of Elizabeth Renee Fajardo
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