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The "Invisible" Military Bases At the Border

With this new phase of militarization of the border, the U.S. government has entered uncharted territory. The implications for fundamental civil liberties are significant.
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Don’t Turn Back: Protecting New Mexico’s Progress on Youth Justice

One‑size‑fits‑all sentencing has never produced safety, and it won’t start now.
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Four masked DEA police officers wearing tactical vests labeled “DEA POLICE” walk across a downtown intersection at night, with tall office buildings, streetlights, traffic signals, and cars with headlights behind them.

States Have the Power to Hold Federal Agents Accountable by Allowing People to Sue Them for Rights Violations

Amid rampant abuse by federal agents, state legislatures can pass critical laws that allow people to take federal agents to court for violating their rights.
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Press Releases

New Mexico’s National Defense Area Prosecutions Threaten Due Process and Clog Courts, New Brief Finds

ACLU of New Mexico Calls for Oversight & Reforms

New Mexico Habeas Project Connects Unlawfully Detained Immigrants with Free Legal Representation

CoreCivic Pays Settlement to Estate of 23-Year-Old Asylum Seeker Who Died in Torrance County Detention Facility

The case addressed the TCDF’s systemic failures in its mental health care and CoreCivic’s extreme negligence, which resulted in Kesley Vial’s tragic and preventable death.