The recently released 2025 Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) results show the Roaring Fork School District (RE-1) again...

Constitutional rights suffered a major blow this week when the U.S. Supreme Court essentially legalized racial profiling by government agents in the Los Angeles area – and potentially elsewhere – until further notice. By lifting a federal judge’s order prohibiting government agents from making immigration-related stops in the Los Angeles area based on “reasonable suspicion” as arbitrary as skin color, language spoken, job type, or even speaking English with an accent. Much li

When Rafael would drive, his sons and family would joke that he drove too slow, like an old man. It was especially true when he would drive his work truck. So the red and blue lights with sirens on Monday morning were a surprise. Especially when the law enforcement officer who walked up to the vehicle said he had pulled him over for speeding. Still, Rafael handed over his driver’s license, thinking he was handing it to a local police officer. But as soon as the man in the bul

José was dropped off in Chiapas, Mexico, on a Wednesday this month, about 2,000 miles away from his family’s hometown, with nothing but the clothes on his back. Those clothes were blood stained from the arrest, when he says ICE agents beat him. He had no money, and U.S. immigration officials had kept his Mexican identification and passport. His first order of business, after he was able to call his family to check in: finding a shelter and a new set of clothes that weren’t co

A new poll of Latinos in Colorado shows a high level of distrust for local police and government.  It’s no surprise to us as we've...

Today is the first day of the legislature’s special session and there’s a lot at stake.  Voces Unidas is monitoring to make sure...

Update: Luis has since been deported to Mexico. Voces Unidas formally filed a complaint with the Attorney General. This is now the tenth case Voces Unidas has documented of possible illegal collaboration between the Garfield County Sheriff's Office and ICE. When Luis Armando Rivas Martinez thought he was being followed by a silver car, he told his family, but tried to brush it off as nothing. But on Tuesday, June 3, while walking out of the WalMart in Glenwood Springs, the si

Voces Unidas has unfortunately learned of two more cases that raise our suspicions that another local government agency could be...

Voces Unidas is following reported cases of law enforcement collaborating with ICE in possible violation of the law. In one of the most...

Voces Unidas has been following the lawsuit brought against Gov. Polis suggesting that he directed state employees to turn over personal...

Every so often, someone says the quiet part out loud. Recently, in response to our public actions in the Roaring Fork School District, I...

Quiero dirigirme a ustedes en un momento de gran preocupación. En los últimos días, hemos sido testigos de un aumento en la actividad policiaca relacionada con inmigración en nuestra región, afectando directamente a los condados de Summit, Lake, Eagle, Garfield y Pitkin. Hemos confirmado múltiples casos en los que personas han sido detenidas por ICE. Algunos de estos incidentes han involucrado a personas a quienes se buscaba específicamente, pero también hemos recibido inform

The unprecedented pending agreement  to allow the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide tax data to Immigration and Customs...

The impending rule by the Trump administration requiring all undocumented immigrants to register with the Department of Homeland Security...

Frustrations over antagonistic immigration policies and unmet needs of Colorado’s Latino community were on full display at the State...

Voces Unidas is pleased to learn that Mind Springs voted not to pursue a contract with ICE at this time. This decision comes after Voces...

As an organization established to elevate the voices of our immigrant communities in rural Colorado, today’s inauguration of Donald Trump...

As 2024 draws to a close, I want to take this opportunity to personally thank you for another outstanding year at Voces Unidas. With your support, our organization continues to make significant strides in our transformational work in the central mountains toward a more equitable Colorado for all.    We’re proud to see Colorado’s Latino community continue to speak out and lead on the issues that matter most to us. Thanks to you and all of our partners, we made our mark on 2024

Ten Colorado Latino leaders have been selected to participate in Voces Unidas’ one-week leadership and advocacy program in Mexico City,...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas has released six recommendations following a comprehensive review of Colorado's legal and nonprofit landscape to identify opportunities to increase capacity to support Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) holders and their employers with work-based visas and other legal pathways if the DACA program is overturned by the courts in 2025.   Our research team spent three months reviewing available public data on DACA holders in Colorado, asses