EDWARDS, Colo. — Colorado’s mountain resort towns would grind to a halt without immigrant labor, and Elizabeth Velasco – a state lawmaker who moved from Mexico to the mobile homes of Eagle County at age 12 – is fighting to make sure the constitutional rights of those workers and families are upheld by state law as the Trump administration pushes for mass deportations.
Northwest Colorado, the Republican parts of it anyway, remains solidly Trump country despite his felony convictions last month on 34 counts in New York. Trump’s Colorado golden boy, however — state Republican Party Chair Dave Williams — may be on a bit shakier ground.
EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. — Two of Colorado’s most cherished natural resources have been in the news a lot lately: the endangered Colorado River and key national forest areas lawmakers want to protect for future generations.
