On Sept. 16–18, 2025, Voces Unidas, in partnership with COLOR, held our third annual Latino Advocacy Day in Washington, DC—successfully elevating the needs of Latino communities in Colorado. The next step is action from our elected officials. For the third consecutive year, Voces Unidas and COLOR mobilized a Colorado delegation consisting of Latinas and Latinos from various counties in Colorado to advance policy change through direct engagement with members of Congress. The d

Voces Unidas and COLOR will host a delegation of 15 participants and staff during our third annual national Latino Advocacy Day (LAD) on...

The 2025 Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) results show low proficiency rates and large achievement gaps for Latino students...

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

Unresolved priorities remain for Latinos, according to voters and non-voters surveyed  For the fifth consecutive year, economic issues...

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

After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month limited the power of federal district courts to order national injunctions, advocacy groups...

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...

In the face of increasingly hostile federal immigration policy, the Colorado state legislature deserves credit for passing Senate Bill...

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

We hear a lot these days about Colorado’s urban-rural divide — the disconnect between the needs and values of Front Range cities and...

As President Trump approaches the 100-day mark of his presidency, pocketbook issues — cost of living, jobs, housing and health care...

We wrapped up our third annual Civic Leader Education and Advocacy Program (CLEAP) in Mexico City over the weekend, bringing the number...

After a busy Wednesday meeting with Mexican federal policymakers in the halls of Congress, CLEAP participants returned in the conference...

Civic Leader Education and Advocacy Program (CLEAP) participants put their freshly polished advocacy skills to work on Wednesday, meeting...

Tuesday marked the start of CLEAP 2025  policy and planning sessions in Mexico City. The day included multiple sessions designed to...