Micah Smith joined the station in December 2018 and is Denver7's Social Equity Reporter
DENVER – The Office of the Principal Legal Advisor withdrew from participating in a University of Colorado Boulder and University of Denver Government and Public Interest Career Fair on February 11th, following protests and opposition from hundreds of students over OPLA’s links to immigration legal proceedings.OPLA oversees legal services for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and also represents the Department of Homeland Security during immigration removals or deportations.
“It’s disappointing to see our universities who always talk about valuing the public interest and social change and creating lawyers who are agents of social change invite an institution that has been instilling so much terror in our communities, and disappointing both because of the students that could put out risk,” Recht said. “I think it's inappropriate for the Department of Homeland Security and ICE, and it was specifically their Office of Legal Counsel.
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