Latest News and Events:
 Director & Producers of The ACLU Freedom Files to Speak in Santa Fe Saturday May 17, 2008
Northern Chapter of the ACLU of New Mexico Annual Meeting
(04-09-08) MALDEF, ACLU and Otero County Sheriff's Department
Resolve Civil Rights Suit
Sheriff’s Department Agrees to Revise Operational Procedures Concerning Immigrants
LAS CRUCES, NM— MALDEF and the ACLU of New Mexico today announced a landmark settlement with the Otero County Sheriff’s Department that addresses what plaintiffs alleged were civil rights violations committed by county deputies during immigration sweeps last September in the southern New Mexico town of Chaparral. Civil rights advocates say the agreement will help restore community trust in local law enforcement and greatly improve the safety of all people living in the County. Continued>>
(03-07-08) International Human Rights Experts Denounce U.S. Record on Racial and Ethnic Discrimination
ACLU Applauds Recommendations And Demands Immediate Action GENEVA—A United Nations committee today issued a strongly worded critique of the United States’ record on racial discrimination and urged the government to make sweeping reforms to policies and laws affecting racial and ethnic minorities, women, and immigrants in this country. The ACLU called on the U.S. government to take vigorous steps to implement the committee’s recommendations and fulfill its human rights treaty obligations. Continued»
(03-05-08) Coalition Opposes St. Vincent Merger Plan
Groups to Mobilize Community Against Proposed
Partnership with CHRISTUS
SANTA FE—A coalition of community organizations on Wednesday announced its opposition to the proposed partnership between St. Vincent Hospital and CHRISTUS Health after St. Vincent Hospital refused to share details of the partnership agreement, which they claim would protect family planning and end-of-life care at the hospital. Continued»
(02-29-08) Community Groups Set Deadline for St. Vincent Response
Coalition Wants the Hospital to Make a Commitment to the Community that They Will Share Details of Partnership Agreement with the Public SANTA FE - In a letter sent to the St. Vincent Hospital Board of Directors on Wednesday, a coalition of community groups called on board members to tell the public by March 4th whether the hospital will share details of its proposed partnership agreement with Catholic-run CHRISTUS Health and how that partnership would affect the provision of family planning, reproductive health services, and end-of-life care at the hospital. Continued»
(02-15-08) DEA Ordered Seizure of Medical Marijuana from Paraplegic Patient According to Local Law Enforcement
CARLSBAD – According to a sworn affidavit filed yesterday by an Eddy County law enforcement official, the seizure of medical marijuana from a local paraplegic man, “was done at the direction of and under the guidance and control of the [Drug Enforcement Administration] DEA.” The affidavit, submitted by David Edmondson, Commander of the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force, which conducted the seizure on September 4, 2007, makes clear that the federal government directed local law enforcement to seize the medical marijuana of a patient fully authorized to use the medicine under state law. Continued»
ACLU Sues MDC for Rape of Inmate
ALBUQUERQUE—The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico filed a lawsuit today against the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) for failing to protect inmate Roman Gallardo from physical and sexual assault by another prisoner while Gallardo was incarcerated for a DWI offense in 2006. The rape took place after Gallardo, an openly gay man, was forced to share a cell with an inmate who was known to have sexually assaulted at least one other prisoner. Continued»
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