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somsai

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6. CO 8th, it's a new district from the census, our districts are cut up on a non partisan basis
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 04:03 PM
Feb 2025

They try to group districts geographically and also culturally to some extent. The 8th starts as the industrial sector above Denver, then traditionally Hispanic towns all the way up to the cowtown of Greeley. Of course it's all filled in with houses now, part of the metro area.

A lot of the bad feelings here came from 2021 and 22 when there were many Hondurans and Guatemalans given work permits via TPS and yet there were Mexican Nationals who had been here for 25 years without any sort of legal protections. Kind of like jumping the line. Then the Venezuelans were a real mess and I feel terrible just thinking about them. No jobs, not enough shelters, night time temps here are below zero sometimes, always well below freezing. Our low places are higher than most states.

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