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Supreme Court ruling allows racial profiling, enables federal agents, diminishes constitutional freedoms
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

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Sep 10, 20252 min read


Colorado’s lawmakers need to consider the economic concerns of Latinos this special session
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...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Aug 21, 20252 min read


New Report: Economic issues, immigration, and healthcare concerns among top issues in 2025 Colorado Latino Policy Agenda
Unresolved priorities remain for Latinos, according to voters and non-voters surveyed For the fifth consecutive year, economic issues...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Aug 20, 202511 min read


Local Sheriff deputies suspected of doing ICE enforcement in Garfield County
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 de las Montañas
Aug 18, 20254 min read


Concerns grow over reports of likely collaboration between local governments and ICE
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 de las Montañas
Aug 8, 20252 min read


Trump’s attempt to strip birthright citizenship remains blocked by federal courts
After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month limited the power of federal district courts to order national injunctions, advocacy groups...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Jul 30, 20252 min read


Millions of Coloradans will suffer from impacts of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill Act’
Donald Trump’s destructive policy bill recently signed into law includes many harmful provisions that disproportionately impact people...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jul 21, 20253 min read


Supreme Court ruling creates confusion around birthright citizenship as Trump escalates attacks on immigrants
While last week’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court failed to directly address the constitutionality of birthright citizenship, Trump’s...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jun 30, 20251 min read


Voces Unidas Action Fund releases 2025 Legislative Scorecard
Voces Unidas Action Fund released its 2025 Legislative Scorecard today, tracking the votes of all state lawmakers against our...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jun 18, 20253 min read


Colorado’s new immigrant rights bill
In the face of increasingly hostile federal immigration policy, the Colorado state legislature deserves credit for passing Senate Bill...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
May 23, 20253 min read


Senate Bill 276 seeks to close Colorado’s anti-immigrant urban-rural divide
We hear a lot these days about Colorado’s urban-rural divide — the disconnect between the needs and values of Front Range cities and...

Alex Sánchez
Apr 29, 20253 min read


First 100 days: Six-in-10 Latino voters believe country is headed in the wrong direction
As President Trump approaches the 100-day mark of his presidency, pocketbook issues — cost of living, jobs, housing and health care...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Apr 28, 20255 min read


IRS/ICE information sharing deal betrays trust and undermines immigrant contributions
The unprecedented pending agreement to allow the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide tax data to Immigration and Customs...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Apr 1, 20252 min read


Good policy to protect workers from extreme heat and cold will take multiple years
Today, our pro-worker champions, Representatives Elizabeth Velasco and Meg Froelich, had to ask the House Business Affairs and Labor...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Mar 27, 20253 min read


New factsheet about Trump’s registration requirement for undocumented immigrants
The impending rule by the Trump administration requiring all undocumented immigrants to register with the Department of Homeland Security...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Mar 27, 20251 min read


Thousands rally at State Capitol urging lawmakers to Stand with Immigrants, support 2025 Latino policy priorities
Frustrations over antagonistic immigration policies and unmet needs of Colorado’s Latino community were on full display at the State...

Voces Unidas de las Montañas
Mar 17, 20254 min read


Extreme temperature worker protection bill introduced in Colorado General Assembly
Voces Unidas is pleased to see this week’s introduction of our priority bill HB25-1286 , which seeks to protect workers exposed to...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Feb 24, 20252 min read


Immigrants are not terrorists: Guantánamo Bay policy must be stopped
Donald Trump’s recent executive order directing immigration authorities to use the Guantánamo Bay detention center in Cuba to house...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jan 30, 20252 min read


Authoritarian approach to immigration the wrong answer
Sometime in the next few days, Donald Trump will sign the first bill of his second term as U.S. president into law. That bill, the Laken...

Alex Sánchez
Jan 25, 20254 min read


‘Protection’ is our top priority at the 2025 legislative session
When the 2025 General Assembly convenes at the State Capitol this week, “protection” will be the prevailing theme for Voce Unidas. As...

Voces Unidas Action Fund
Jan 7, 20252 min read
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