Amid the Trump administration’s crackdowns on both immigrants and nonprofit groups , organizations in Colorado are hiring lawyers, limiting data collection and locking their doors to ward off federal threats to them or the people they serve.

One statewide nonprofit that works with the immigrant community considered giving disposable phones to its staff members, who now communicate largely on encrypted messaging apps. Another nonprofit in Denver now makes clear that its offices aren’t a public space, in a bid to fend off warrantless entry from federal immigration authorities.

A prominent foundation has financed legal training sessions for nonprofit groups on “how to stay legal and stay in compliance.” A direct-aid provider has stripped diversity language from its public messaging and

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