4:00 o'clock now and we are
still talking about Title 42.
Of course it was lifted last we.
It has immigration advocates,
advocates concerned that it will lead
to more people in ICE detention.
9 News reporter Angela McCall se
with one attorney who works with
detained clients at the Aurora
facility about the after effects
we could see further away from e
border at the border as people cross.
Some are detained and some are .
I anticipate with policy change after Title
42 that we will see more recent border
arrivals in the detention center here
at the ICE detention facility in Aurora.
Many of those inside come
directly from the border.
We have been hearing this report
from community partners that
people are being released.
To me that is them kind of preparing for.
A search of people being
detained at the border.
Immigration attorney Elizabeth
Jordan is concerned about the
after effects of Title 42.
I am very worried that we're going to
see more people detained unnecessarily
at the private detention center
here in Aurora because we do den
people who seek asylum and move
them through the detention syst.
The Pandemic era policy was
also a public health order
to protect against COVID.
It limited icy tension in
facilities across the country,
like the one in Aurora owned
by a company called Geo. Yeah,
I mean, I think the GEO Group
is going to make a lot of money
in the next couple of months
because they get paid per perso.
Many arriving at the southern border,
largely from Venezuela can't evn
be removed and sent back to ther
home country, meaning some advos
expect they'll be held only to e
released back into the communit,
you know? We just wasted a lot S
taxpayer resources to potentialy
release somebody into the commuy
who could have been released ate
start of that whole process insd
of going all the way through it.
We did reach out to ICE who told
us that regardless of Title 42,
they will continue their efforts
based on U.S. law and policy.
And just to go back to what we
were talking about, when peoplet
released back into the communit,
many are people coming directly
from the southern border,
taken into ICE custody and then,
for instance,
driven up to the Aurora facilit.
If they are released afterwards,
they're released into Colorado and into
an area they are not familiar w.
I think this is again,
something else that most of
us aren't thinking about,
aren't realizing the money involved and
then the fact that they're, you know,
eventually released and it's like good luck.
Yeah.
Something that the attorney mentioned
to me today is that she thinks t
a lot of people have thought abt
Title 42 when it comes to the border,
but not necessarily what it
means after people cross.
And so this is one of those
things that is going to happen
potentially as she believes.
And I guess time will tell.
We so appreciate all of your efforts in
covering this and every nook and cranny
because there's a lot we don't understand.
Thank you, Angeline.
Now we turn to basketball and
the Denver Nuggets going into
the Western Conference finals.
That starts tonight,
and they're doing so in an
unfamiliar and pretty cool posi.
They're the favorites against
the Lakers in the home crowd.
Should be giving them the edge y
need if they're going to make tr
way all the way to a first NBA Finals.
Katie Eastman, our Nuggets edit,
is live outside of Ball Arena.
Katie I know the fans are excit.
The 6:30 start means that people
are going to be showing up soon,
but I imagine fans are a little
nervous at the opportunity as w.
Well, well, we will see becauseo
far there's nobody here. But you know,
I really am the perfect person e
covering this because I have seen all
of 1 Nuggets game and I was told Katie,
it's going to be fine.
There's going to be energy
and excitement of the fans.
Guys, there's nobody here yet.
I know they're going to be here,
but not yet. So honestly,
all of my knowledge about the
Nuggets comes from the Celtics
fan standing behind the camera.
He's kind of caught me up
in the last hour or so.
So blame Alex Casillo if I get
anything wrong, but honestly,
I'm starting to get excited nowt
I know a little bit about this .
They have lost many times in
the Western Conference finals.
Four times, and three of those
times were against the Lakers,
the team they're going to be playing tonight.
Again, we know that they went
up against them in 2020.
That was a Yogich versus LeBron James match.
We're going to see that again in this series.
But we know that in 2020 it was the Pandemic.
They were in the bubble.
So I've heard that a lot of peoe
say it doesn't really count.
So this is going to be like that
real match up, that real face o.
Yeah, I think that's all I got for facts,
you guys.
I'm running out here at 5:00 o'clock.
I'm going to have more from all
of the fans that will be here,
I promise.
Finally
someone catching me up on the basketball.
It's about time I learned a little bit
out there. You know, to be hone,
I am surprised that they haven't
really started to gather. We wi.
I mean, there is 2 1/2 hours
before they they get underway.
But we certainly saw last year
with the Stanley Cup run.
I don't know, the tailgates usuy
begin a few hours before the ga.
I know that's true and and maybe
they're tailgating somewhere el.
I'm like looking around at the parking lots,
but honestly, I don't see it ye.
There are a lot of vendors here setting up.
They say that they're ready
for the festivities to begin.
I just think people are easing their way in.
They're going to be here soon.
Hopefully at 5:00 o'clock.
We'll have a lot more to show you and
a lot more people to talk to otr
than me who know about the Nugg.
Well, there are people who
followed this team forever,
going back to the, you know, the 70s.
And they're ready to buy NBA Finals and
NBA Championship merchandise ift
opportunity presents itself this year.
Katie, thanks for bringing us up to date.
Beautiful day outside of Ball a.
Yeah, if the game is outside, K,
this would be a perfect day for basketball.
Look at those blue skies
above the Denver skyline.
Although it did rain on me coming to work.
It was raining. No, not just me,
but it was raining in big pocke.
Kathy, on my drive in,
you were in that 20% group.
I was in that 24 special, Kim T.
And I tell you every day how
special you are.
Isolated showers. Yeah,
related on isolated. Usually
the dark clouds kind of over Tom's head.
But today it was following your
car Cam was it was me. I'm just
telling you there was some showers out there.
Like those hit and miss showers. Exactly.
We're calling them isolated right now.
It's just so beautiful with sunshine close.
To 80 degrees in the city.
So a little bit of a break this afternoon
and in the high country it's so pretty.
But the warm weather means rapid snow melt.
The rivers Creek streams are rising so be
careful if you're having fun on the water,
especially heading into the wee.
76 in Denver so far,
but 80s in southeastern Colorad.
Comfortable temperatures in the mountains
and warm through the western sl.
Winds are pretty light and will
start to shift out of the south,
but that also means a little moe
moisture to work with tomorrow.
So we'll have a few more hit and
miss Thunder showers along the front.
Range, but temperatures will
still continue above average.
You can see how they're isolated in nature.
There's a little sell out
to the South of Sterling,
a lot of Thunder and lightning
near Burlington, nothing severe.
Thank goodness the storms are tracking
from the northwest to the south.
Denver is dry.
There's a little shower moving through
Fort Morgan, one up near Fort Collins.
So just kind of these hit and miss showers
and we'll take every drop of ra.
I know you're tired of it.
We need the water.
We absolutely do.
And with the sunshine today,
it's actually turned out to be pretty nice.
Storm prediction.
Center has extreme northeastern
Colorado kind of in that marginl
risk for some stronger thunderstorms.
We're not really seeing that
along the Front Range tonight.
So it looks like it's going to a
beautiful evening tonight and a lot of
sunshine in the forecast again tomorrow.
So a stray shower certainly
possible between now and nine ad
coming up in main weather.
We're tracking the evening show.
We've got a beautiful Tuesday and Wednesday,
and then we've got some thunderstorms
coming in and a better chance of
rain as we move through Thursday into
Friday, you guys.
OK, Stray shower, thanks Kathy.
The Denver Police Department's newest
Academy class went on a field trip today
to the city's Westwood neighbor.
It's part of a new program to educate
recruits about the city's varios
neighborhoods and their residen.
The program is called Before
the Blue and Beyond the Badge.
Chief Ron Thomas says it's
based on a program developed by
the Seattle Police Department.
The goal is to expose recruits o
the wide range of experiences,
concerns and expectations of
the people they serve.
Thomas says he believes this
experience will make the recruis
better cops once they hit the streets.
I think that they will have a
greater level of understanding.
They won't have to learn on the
fly where they're while they'ret
there trying to be police offic.
They'll already have this this
level of understanding of cultus
and communities before they ever
start to to police in the commu.
Today the recruits were in southwest Denver,
and later this week they'll meet with
residents and business owners ie
downtown area and in northeast Denver.
There are 57 recruits in this year's class,
the largest class since 1986. T,
the 3rd place finisher in the on
race for Denver mayor back in Al
endorsed Mike Johnston instead
of Kelly Bruff in the runoff.
Lisa Calderon, a leading progressive voice,
said that she made that decision reluctantly.
Calderon narrowly missed the ruf
by just over 3000 votes and 9 Ns
reporter Jalisa Rosaris with us.
Now to Lisa, this was less than
a ringing endorsement.
Tom Calderon admitted a few days ago she
wasn't even planning to endorse anyone.
But after talking to members ofe
Latino United Neighborhoods Association
followup interviews with the candidates,
she decided to take an analytical approach.
Alongside the Latino United
Neighborhoods Association,
Calderon came up with a scorecan
which they rang to Broff and Johnston
after the two candidates answer9
questions ranging from economic justice,
education equity to public safe.
They say Johnston scored higher.
Calderon admitted both Johnson d
Broff agreed on a lot of things,
including giving Calderon's team a say
in the transition and appointee process.
Still, Calderon knows this endorsement won't
be easy for some progressives to understand.
She described it as a harm.
Reduction strategy, saying it'sn
it's not about what they oppose,
but about what is possible.
Either way,
one of these two people will be elected.
And so how can we work with the person
who may be most open to change,
who will be most open to hearing
our voices and
and moving us forward into a new future
and being collaborative?
In order to keep the candidates,
as Calderon actually had them initial
next to what they agreed to do,
Calderon stress she will hold
Johnson accountable if he wins.
And the question becomes at this point,
what does that endorsement mean?
Do you think this has sway with
those voters who maybe still
haven't made-up their mind?
Calderon had a very big and leag
voice within the progressives because
that so that could actually mean
something when it comes to back.
She had 18% of the votes in the mayoral
race. So never know.
We shall see. All right.
Thank you, Julissa.
I want to remind you that in about 3 hours,
9 News is hosting our final mayl
debate between Mike Johnston and Kelly Bruff.
It's going to be live here in
studio at 7:00 PM with Kyle Cla,
Marshall Zellinger and Anusha Roy moderating.
You can watch it commercial
free on Channel 20.
It'll also be live streamed on 9 News
Plus and the 9 News YouTube cha.
Reminder, if you'd rather watch
the nugget game, don't worry.
The whole thing will also be on.
And coming up at 4:30,
Kyle's going to drop by.
He'll give us a preview of what
to expect from the debate and
the two candidates tonight.
Late this afternoon,
Democratic Governor Jared Polis issued his
first veto for the 2023 legislative session.
He vetoed a bill that would delay the
reintroduction of Gray wolves in Colorado.
68 out of 100 legislators,
predominantly Democrat, voted for the bill.
He says wolves could not be reintroduced
into the federal government designated
the wolves as experimental instd
of an endangered species.
If the wolves are experimental,
the state has more flexibility d
how and when a wolf could be ki.
The governor indicated last
week he would veto the bill.
Ranchers call it an insurance policy,
and one told us she feels disappointed
with the governor's decision.
I think the governor is missinga
very good opportunity to help be
that rural and urban divide her,
the
legal experts inform
us, would delay the very ten J
that the proponents are seeking.
The governor directed the head f
the Department of Natural Resous
to continue working with the fel
government on the wolf designation rule.