cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42585201
Updated 7:53 AM EST, Feb. 1, 2026
GREELEY, Colo (AP) — Like many Donald Trump voters, Miranda Niedermeier is not opposed to immigration enforcement. She was heartened by initial moves from the Republican president in his second term that she saw as targeting immigrants who were in the United States illegally and had committed crimes.
But Niedermeier, 35, has steadily become disillusioned with Trump. Never more so than in recent weeks, when federal immigration officers killed two U.S. citizens during Trump’scrackdownin Minneapolis.
“In the beginning, they were getting criminals, but now they’re tearing people out of immigration proceedings, looking for the tiniest traffic infraction” to deport someone, said Niedermeier. She said she is horrified because the administration’s approach is not Christian.
It’s odd that ICE has not invaded the Denver metro, it’s perfectly suited for their attempts at disruption. Lots of immigrants, trending harder and harder left, full of educated people, and completely surrounded by states much more conservative.
If I were Latino in Colorado, I’d run for safety, too. Imagine just living your life and suddenly someone smashes in the car window because your skin color is too dark, and then you might disappear into a detention center somewhere untrackable, where you can explain to everyone that you are “one of the good ones”. Only that nobody listens.