Legal Immigrants in Marijuana Industry Denied US Citizenship
Aaron Elinoff · Managing Partner, Novo Legal Group · Colorado Bar #46468 · Immigration & Civil Rights
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock sat at a round wooden table, shaking his head in disbelief before dropping his head into his hands in his sprawling downtown office Tuesday afternoon.
He was listening to a group, including two permanent legal U.S. residents, tell him the federal government is crushing their dreams of full citizenship and even threatening their ability to travel without fear of detention, all because of their employment in Colorado’s nearly two-decade-old legal marijuana industry.