Amendment 81 is a dangerous, divisive step backward that must be defeated
If you want to see Colorado’s future if voters pass Amendment 81 this November, simply look at the past. Or maybe just magnify the present. The trail of trauma, prejudice, and persecution currently playing out along the I-70 corridor has roots extending back some 20 years – the last time Colorado passed a law requiring local authorities to double as immigration enforcement agents. Rest assured, the next time will be even worse. For months now, we have watched masked federal i
Alex Sánchez
Oct 74 min read
These times require more courage from state lawmakers
The 2026 legislative session left a bitter taste among those of us who spent 120 days with lawmakers under the gold dome advocating for policies to improve the lives of working folks. For Latino advocacy organizations like mine, Voces Unidas Action Fund, the session was largely defined by missed opportunities, watered-down protections and a profound failure of political courage at the highest levels of state leadership. Since 2021, Voces Unidas has graded the votes of all 100
Alex Sánchez
Jul 54 min read
Colorado must stand against Trump’s unchecked ICE force
Truth, we have learned, is short-lived. Facts can be fleeting. Reality is easily distorted. This is the world in which we live, the nation where the president threatens “the day of reckoning and retribution” and then proclaims innocence when it arrives with deadly certainty. Twice. Still, we have our own eyes. And the cameras are everywhere. So we know better than to believe that Alex Pretti, the man murdered by federal agents in the streets of Minneapolis last month, was a “
Alex Sánchez
Feb 195 min read