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December 4, 2025: Venezuelans in Colorado lose legal status, gas prices tumble, civics bee champion

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Commerce City. Nov. 18, 2025.
Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite
A Venezuelan couple embraces in their suburban home outside of Denver on Nov. 18, 2025. They fled Venezuela in 2019 after she and her family were threatened while she was working at a local police department.

What might happen next for thousands of immigrants in Colorado after President Trump revoked their legal status? Also, gas prices in Colorado are now among the lowest in the nation. A chilly rescue after a coal train derails into the Gunnison River. Plus, we meet a high school civics champion from Boulder County.

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This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel.  It’s edited and produced by Bazi Kanani, Mateo Schimpf, Stephanie Wolf, Sandy Battulga, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.