Voces Unidas today released its first School District Accountability Report Card for the Roaring Fork School District (RE-1), giving the...

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

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...

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

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 on Wednesday joined Leadville-based nonprofit Full Circle in a meeting with Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen to share the...

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

Donald Trump’s destructive policy bill recently signed into law includes many harmful provisions that disproportionately impact people...

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

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 released its 2025 Legislative Scorecard today, tracking the votes of all state lawmakers against our...

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