Immigration

Mind Springs Health in Grand Junction was considering partnering with ICE this year to offer inpatient mental health care services to detainees. However, they dropped the idea after community concerns.

Immigrants without legal status make up a large part of the workers in several industries and have a combined household income of almost $27 billion dollars in the Mountain West. The consequences could be dire if those workers were sent out of the country.

There’s been a lot of talk from President-elect Donald Trump and other elected officials about plans to deport large numbers undocumented immigrants from the U.S. That’s left many people scared, especially those who have deep roots in the country and have built lives, businesses and had children born here.

Hear personal stories of people crossing borders, encountering new cultures, and building lives in a new land.The U.S. has long been a beacon for those…