It includes a “What You Can Do” list: Connect – Work within your community to build social bonds with potentially vulnerable people. Learn – Learn your constitutional rights, and ask local leaders how schools, hospitals and churches are prepared to protect residents from ICE. Document – Documenting violations can help bring accountability. Speak Up –…
Public Citizen: Lawsuits Filed Against the Trump Administration The nonprofit, Public Citizen, has filed 33 lawsuits against the administration since Donald Trump returned to power almost a year ago. In 2025-26, the organization has filed three suits of interest: Attack on Authorized Immigrant Workers The Department of Transportation issued a rule that prohibits asylum seekers,…
Susan Thornton, founder and chair of the South Metro Community Foundation and Immigrant Pathways Colorado, has been named winner of the Minoru Yasui Community Volunteer Award in recognition of her 40+ years of volunteering to make Littleton (and Colorado) a better place for all. The award includes a $2,000 grant to the South Metro Community…
On Oct. 18, 2025, some 40 citizens gathered at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton to attend the workshop sponsored by Immigrant Pathways Colorado: The Immigration Rollercoaster: What to Know, What to Do. Participants heard experienced immigration lawyer Joy Athanasiou speak about the history of immigration laws in the U.S.: The 1790 Naturalization Act provided citizenship…
According to the Associated Press (Sept. 25, 2025), a federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the federal government cannot use the threat of withholding disaster funding to force states to cooperate on immigration enforcement activities. A coalition of 20 state attorneys general had filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the Trump administration was…
Read the latest article from the Littleton Independent, featuring IFCS: How a local organization aims to continue filling in the gaps amid new SNAP restrictions
Most people arrested by ICE in Colorado and Wyoming this year did not have a criminal history “Immigration arrests have quadrupled in Colorado and almost tripled in Wyoming since President Donald Trump took office in January with a significant shift in who is being targeted, new data from the federal government shows. “Most people arrested…
Thirty-four people became new American citizens in a ceremony held in Littleton on June 24. Littleton Mayor Kyle Schlachter delivered opening remarks, saying: “Our country was built on immigrants and our diversity is our strength – perhaps our greatest strength.” He emphasized the duality of celebrating being a U.S. citizen and the country the individuals…
According to This Week magazine (March 28, 2025), President Trump’s “takedown” of Temporary Protected Status would force over a million back to countries destroy by war, dictatorship or natural disaster. It would force 240,000 Ukrainians back to Ukraine, and 600,000 Venezuelans and 520,000 Haitians back to their countries of origin. Those who have TPS status…
As most Americans are aware, Pres. Donald Trump issued a series of Executive Orders within the first few days after his inauguration in 2025. Many organizations are beginning to issue statements of guidance for their members. For example, the Episcopal Church of American has issued the following guidance: Church members should advocate with Congress to…