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Denver Post: What Trump's second term means for Colorado immigrants, public lands, abortion access and Space Command
What Trump’s second term means for Colorado immigrants, public lands, abortion access and Space Command
President-elect, who has pledged to start mass deportations in Aurora, also plans changes on energy policy
Gift:
https://www.denverpost.com/2024/11/10/donald-trump-election-colorado-public-lands-immigration-abortion-space-command/?share=bposwmttinbaonildoso
Uniquely Colorado concerns — like keeping the previously contested headquarters of the U.S. Space Command and protecting the state’s extensive public lands — suddenly feel imperiled. Democratic state lawmakers, who last week maintained their large majorities amid a national political shift to the right, braced to act as a bulwark against federal deregulation and conservative U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
Here’s how the second Trump term, set to begin Jan. 20, could impact Colorado’s immigrants, public lands, abortion access, statehouse agenda and the location of Space Command.
**Immigration actions likely
**Pivot on public lands policies
**Space Command’s future
**Defending abortion access
**How will the statehouse react?
Here’s how the second Trump term, set to begin Jan. 20, could impact Colorado’s immigrants, public lands, abortion access, statehouse agenda and the location of Space Command.
**Immigration actions likely
**Pivot on public lands policies
**Space Command’s future
**Defending abortion access
**How will the statehouse react?
Worth a read, not only for Coloradoans, but other blue states in particular. Most have seen how California intends to pre-plan and hopefully other blue states as well. Heavens. I'm anxious just pondering...