Natalie Chuck joined Denver7 Investigates in May 2024. Previously, she worked as a Multimedia Journalist in San Diego where she covered historic flooding, wrongful-death lawsuits, and cold cases.
AURORA , Colo. — Around the start of the summer, Denver7 Investigates started receiving phone calls from concerned relatives of immigrants detained in Aurora , saying their loved ones are no longer able to call them free of charge. In the following months, we began digging into these concerns to find out what changed.In early August, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed the agency is no longer paying for phone calls for immigrants detained in facilities.
On any given week, about one-third to half of people detained at the facility are there on immigration violations alone, but the rest are typically facing other serious charges, according to an ICE spokesperson.Several other people leaving the facility told us similar statements.“We have families and to be trying to put money on their books and just support your family is kind of hard,' said Esperanza Hernandez.Ricardo Basitdas, originally from Venezuela, was visiting his sister-in-law.
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