Seth Klamann

Immigration reporter

Seth Klamann

Seth Klamann covers politics, immigration and the state house for The Denver Post. A proud Kansas City native and University of Missouri grad, he previously worked for the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Casper Star-Tribune and the Omaha World-Herald. Outside of work, he enjoys watching soccer, going on road trips and eating fried food.

Colorado Governor Polis speaks during a news conference at the Governor's Residence at Boettcher Mansion in Denver on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. Polis joined local leaders, advocates and members of the community to discuss how the state will help feed Coloradans who rely on SNAP for food access. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Judge again blocks Gov. Jared Polis from directing state officials to comply with an ICE subpoena

April 21, 2026 at 5:28 p.m.

A Denver judge on Tuesday prohibited Gov. Jared Polis again from directing state labor officials to provide records to federal immigration officials about the sponsors of immigrant children.

State Sen. Mike Weissman speaks during a news conference in the Old Supreme Court Library at the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, about prior legislation restricting the state's cooperation with federal immigration authorities. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

As lawmakers pursue 鈥楴o Kings Act鈥� allowing lawsuits against federal officials, prosecutors raise objections

April 23, 2026 at 10:45 a.m.

The new bill would allow Coloradans to sue any federal official for violating their civil rights. That's a broader approach than Senate Bill 5, which would apply only to immigration...

Farmworker Duncan Stevens, left, who's from South Africa, drives a truck that抖阴ap getting loaded with fresh onions in 50-pound burlap sacks on a stack loader machine, at Fagerberg Produce in Eaton, Colorado, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. The sacks are then emptied by a crew onto a conveyor belt. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

By one vote, Colorado lawmakers pass bill raising overtime threshold for farmworkers

April 17, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

A divided Colorado House approved the bill on a 33-32 vote, a bill that would require many of those laborers to work more hours before they qualified for overtime.

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans speaks during the Colorado Republican Party's state assembly on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Massari Arena on the Colorado State University Pueblo campus in Pueblo, Colorado. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans builds big war chest as Democrats duke it out in suburban swing district

April 16, 2026 at 5:12 p.m.

The financial arms race over Colorado's most-contested congressional district is in full swing, with incumbent U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans amassing a war chest as he looks to ward off a...

The Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

After a parade of Medicaid errors and cuts, Colorado lawmakers plan a deep review of health care program

April 16, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Frustrated with prior management of Medicaid and bracing for more near-term cuts, Colorado lawmakers plan to do a 鈥渄eep dive鈥� into the state鈥檚 massive program.

Outside the legislative chambers of the Colorado State Capitol building in Denver on Thursday, April 2, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

After halting start to budget debate, lawmakers settle in for Round 2 in the Colorado legislature this week

April 13, 2026 at 2:01 p.m.

Last week was the longest of budget weeks, and it was the strangest of budget weeks. Now we settle in for Round 2 as the state's annual spending bill tromps...

Javier Campos poses for a portrait at his lawyer's office in Denver on Friday, April 10, 2026. Campos spent nearly 100 days in the ICE detention facility in Aurora, but was freed after his attorney, Hans Meyer, filed a habeas corpus motion arguing he was begin wrongfully detained. His immigration case is still underway. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Immigrants detained in Colorado by ICE’s ‘deportation machine’ reach for once-rare legal lever

April 12, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

In his first 19 years as a lawyer, Denver immigration attorney Hans Meyer said he鈥檇 filed six habeas cases. In the past six months, his firm filed 60.

Scott Bottoms speaks before accepting his nomination for the primary ballot during the Colorado Republican State Assembly on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Massari Arena on the Colorado State University Pueblo campus in Pueblo, Colo. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/The Denver Post)

Conservative pastor Rep. Scott Bottoms wins top billing for governor on Colorado Republican primary ballot

June 17, 2026 at 10:06 a.m.

Bottoms won top-billing on the Republican primary ballot at the party's statewide convention Saturday night, beating out nonprofit leader and political newcomer Victor Marx.

State Sen. Lindsey Daugherty speaks during a news conference at the Colorado State Capitol Building in Denver on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Gov. Jared Polis signed two abortion-relate bills into law. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Two Colorado lawmakers face open-records lawsuit as rift over Vail retreat expands

April 10, 2026 at 3:11 p.m.

A Denver progressive activist is suing two Democratic state lawmakers and the invite-only caucus they lead, alleging they violated the Colorado Open Records Act.

The town of Hartman, Colorado, on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Amid crisis in tiny Colorado community, bill would make it easier to declare towns abandoned

April 10, 2026 at 7:58 a.m.

Hartman has been operating without a local government since January, when its entire Board of Trustees quit following years of bitter infighting and a violent scuffle that sent one of...

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