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.

National Guard troops patrol the grounds of the Washington Monument with the Capitol seen in the distance as part of President Donald Trump’s order to impose federal law enforcement in the nation’s capital, in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump hasn鈥檛 targeted Denver with troops, but officials weigh plans in case of 鈥榝ederal overreach鈥�

September 30, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Both Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston have said they would oppose a deployment of troops to the city, with Johnston promising a legal fight on "day one."

A small group protests after immigrant-rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra was detained by immigration officers and taken to the GEO Aurora ICE Processing Center in Aurora, Colorado, on March 18, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Detained immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra says she feels ‘vulnerable’ 6 months after arrest

September 29, 2025 at 8:45 p.m.

Attorneys for Denver immigrant-rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra filed a renewed motion seeking her release from detention Monday, arguing that her six-month imprisonment violated her constitutional rights.

Politicians And Unions Join Protests Against Suspension Of Jimmy Kimmel Show

Colorado U.S. Rep. Jason Crow will help lead Democrats’ free-speech legislation targeting Trump actions

September 25, 2025 at 3:26 p.m.

"For the most part, it mirrors what the law already is, while reinforcing that the federal government shouldn't be involved in violating any of these rights."

Then-House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese addresses the House chamber on a resolution condemning the conduct of former Rep. Ryan Armagost during the special legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, on Aug. 26, 2025. She resigned from office last week. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Colorado’s House Republicans elect new minority leader

September 22, 2025 at 12:23 p.m.

"I will fight to restore Colorado to a prosperous state where families are safe, communities are strong, and government is accountable to the people we are elected to represent," Jarvis...

Kathia Blanco in the courtyard of the apartment building where she lives in Aurora on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Colorado immigrants are desperately seeking legal help. They often run into fake lawyers and other scams.

September 24, 2025 at 11:22 a.m.

Kathia Blanco unwittingly joined a growing number of Colorado immigrants who have been scammed by people impersonating lawyers.

Federal agents stand in a taped-off area outside Hacienda Real in Frisco during a Homeland Security Investigations search warrant execution on Tuesday, Sept. 16. (Photo by Cody Jones/Summit Daily News)

ICE arrests at Frisco Mexican restaurant draw protests, force temporary closure

September 18, 2025 at 7:34 p.m.

As ICE agents conducted the operation Tuesday, residents shouted at them and stood in front of their vehicles, according to video captured by the Summit Daily News.

University of Colorado Regent Wanda James, then a candidate, speaks during an election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

CU Regent Wanda James takes on Diana DeGette, announcing bid to unseat Denver鈥檚 long-serving congresswoman

September 17, 2025 at 2:53 p.m.

"When you take a look at what抖阴ap happening right now in America, it抖阴ap pretty dismal," said Wanda James, a Democrat. "And we are lacking leadership in America."

Grace Wright, left, the communications director for U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, takes a short video of Crow, second from left, with U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette, Brittany Pettersen, and Joe Neguse, after the group conducted an oversight visit of the GEO Group-operated immigration detention facility in Aurora, Colorado, on Aug. 11, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

ICE ends Aurora detention center’s transgender care, protection policies

September 16, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

An immigrant rights advocate said attorneys and immigration advocates were trying to figure out if transgender immigrants' affirming health care was continuing or would end entirely.

Colorado House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese addresses the House chamber on Resolution HR25B-1001, condemning the conduct of former Rep. Ryan Armagost, during the special legislative session at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, on Aug. 26, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Top Republican in Colorado House resigns, weeks after argument with Democratic counterpart

September 15, 2025 at 3:51 p.m.

In her resignation letter, Rose Pugliese called the House "toxic" and said that the "lies and hypocrisies that (Democrats) spewed were beyond what I had ever expected."

Flowers are placed on a fence outside Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colo., on Sept. 11, 2025. Two students remained hospitalized after a shooting at the school that left the suspected student gunman dead. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Parent groups raised concerns about resource officers before Evergreen High School shooting

September 13, 2025 at 11:57 a.m.

Two Evergreen High School parent groups raised concerns about the availability of school resource officers in the hours before Wednesday's shooting that critically wounded two high school students, parents said...

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