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Aug. 6, 2025: Could tracking denied gun sales prevent tragedy?; Many arrested by ICE aren’t ‘worst of the worst’

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A bullet casing lies on a residential street in Denver after a late-night shooting. April 28, 2022.

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When someone tries to buy a gun in Colorado and is denied, it gets flagged. A CPR investigation finds that intelligence is underused. CPR justice reporter Allison Sherry on how this connects to the firebombing in downtown Boulder and to immigration enforcement. Then, Donald Trump promised to deport "the worst of the worst," but an analysis of ICE arrests doesn't square up. Plus, a challenge to rethink the immigration system altogether from a Colorado Book Award winner.