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Oct 13, 2023

Celebrating ACLU-NM's Exceptional Leaders During Hispanic Heritage Month

As we embrace the historical significance of Hispanic Heritage Month, we take immense pride in recognizing the invaluable contributions of these visionary leaders, who have been the backbone of the ACLU of...

As we embrace the historical significance of Hispanic Heritage Month, we take immense pride in recognizing the invaluable contributions of these visionary leaders, who have been the backbone of the ACLU of...

Hispanic Heritage Month banner
Hispanic Heritage Month banner
Oct 10, 2023

Inhumane Prison Conditions are Illegal and Hurt Us All

Corrections Reform

As a country, we disproportionately incarcerate individuals with serious mental illnesses, but our carceral system does little to nothing to address their needs.

As a country, we disproportionately incarcerate individuals with serious mental illnesses, but our carceral system does little to nothing to address their needs.

Inhumane Prison Conditions
Inhumane Prison Conditions
Oct 10, 2023

SCOTUS Ruling Serves to Protect Indigenous Culture

Indigenous Justice

In a huge victory for tribal sovereignty, this June, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the attack against ICWA in Brackeen v. Haaland.

In a huge victory for tribal sovereignty, this June, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the attack against ICWA in Brackeen v. Haaland.

Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Sep 26, 2023

Too Many Policymakers Pushing for Over-Policing, Longer Sentences and Increased Incarceration

Criminal Legal Reform

We challenge the Lujan Grisham administration and all policymakers to rise to the occasion and commit to equal if not greater investments in meaningful, evidence-based diversion and treatment programs that...

We challenge the Lujan Grisham administration and all policymakers to rise to the occasion and commit to equal if not greater investments in meaningful, evidence-based diversion and treatment programs that...

People not Prisons
People not Prisons
Aug 7, 2023

Unchecked Growth: Private Prison Corporations and Immigration Detention, Three Years Into the Biden Administration

Immigrants’ Rights

Three years into the Biden administration, the number of people held in ICE detention continues to grow, and private prison companies hold an increasingly tight grip on the mass immigration detention system...

Three years into the Biden administration, the number of people held in ICE detention continues to grow, and private prison companies hold an increasingly tight grip on the mass immigration detention system...

Protestors march in front of the ICE Company, The Geo Group building, demanding the end of private prisons.
Protestors march in front of the ICE Company, The Geo Group building, demanding the end of private prisons.
Aug 3, 2023

What Trans Youth Want You to Know

LGBTQ+ Rights

As attacks against trans youth continue across the country, the ACLU is shining the spotlight on those who are often at the center of harmful anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and discourse: transgender youth.

As attacks against trans youth continue across the country, the ACLU is shining the spotlight on those who are often at the center of harmful anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and discourse: transgender youth.

A young child holds up a sign reading "PROTECT TRANS KIDS, PROTECT ME - luke, age 9" at a Trans Pride March.
A young child holds up a sign reading "PROTECT TRANS KIDS, PROTECT ME - luke, age 9" at a Trans Pride March.