A federal court in California has issued a nationwide ruling that restores access to bond hearings for thousands of immigrants who entered the country without inspection and were not detained at the border. These are people the federal government has been holding without any opportunity to request release on bond. In the recent Maldonado Bautista decision, the court rejected the federal government’s policy and the Board of Immigration Appeals’ earlier framework known as Mat

A federal judge in Colorado has ruled that ICE cannot rely on blanket assumptions to justify warrantless arrests in our state. Under the decision, ICE officers must show probable cause of an immigration violation and provide specific evidence that the person is a flight risk before detaining someone without a warrant. The ruling responds to what many families have described for months: detentions carried out with little explanation and no individualized review. The court mad

Across Colorado’s Western Slope and mountain region, immigrant families continue to live with uncertainty and fear. When ICE activity happens — often without warning — families are torn apart in an instant. People’s rights are violated, and those detained are forced to make life-altering decisions without access to legal counsel. Parents disappear on their way to work, leaving children and relatives to fend for themselves. The shock ripples through entire neighborhoods, leavi

Constitutional rights suffered a major blow this week when the U.S. Supreme Court essentially legalized racial profiling by government...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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

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...

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...