Dozens protest potential ICE detention facility near Walsenburg

A group of about 100 people line a hillside holding signs protesting the possible opening of an immigration detention center.
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About a hundred people gathered near the dormant Huerfano County Correctional Facility on August 15, 2025, to protest the site's proposed use as a detention center for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Protesters carrying signs line a bridge over a highway in Walsenburg
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A woman dressed as the statue of liberty protests near a closed detention center in Huerfano County Colorado
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A woman holds a protest sign outside a Huerfano County detention facility.
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