On Monday, January 24, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham authorized the Second Chance Bill, SB 43, to be added to the agenda of the 30-day budget session. The ACLU of NM is now calling on legislators to pass it.
The ACLU-NM is calling on New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas to conduct an independent investigation into the December shooting of a 16-year-old on the city’s westside.
The ACLU of New Mexico and the Law Offices of the Public Defender received a court victory for Michael Brown, one of the first New Mexico children to be sentenced under the state’s legal crackdown on young offenders.
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office yesterday held a press conference surrounding the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Elijah Riche on the day after Thanksgiving.
Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico and cooperating attorneys filed two lawsuits in the First and Second Judicial District Courts on behalf of local activist and organizer, Clifton White.
Last Friday, November 5th, the ACLU of NM and other immigrant rights advocates and organizations delivered a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanding access to legal services for Haitian migrants detained at Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico.