ACLU Demands that Ten New Mexico Municipalities Scrap Unconstitutional Panhandling Bans
Letters sent to New Mexico municipalities part of a nationwide campaign to end bans on asking for donation
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City of Albuquerque Agrees to Sanctions After Violating Agreement With the ACLU of New Mexico to Not Enforce Panhandling Ordinance
ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Yesterday a U.S. District Court judge signed a stipulated order, sanctioning the City of Albuquerque for violating a February court order to not enforce an ordinance restricting speech on medians, freeway entrances, and exit ramps while litigation about the ordinance was ongoing.
Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Arbitrary Detention of Asylum Seekers
ALBUQUERQUE, NM— A federal court has blocked the arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, or death in their countries of origin.
U.S. District Court Judge Rules That the Trump Administration Must Reunite Families and Stop Future Separations
Albuquerque, NM — Yesterday, Federal District Court Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the US District Court for the District of Southern California granted the ACLU’s motion for a nationwide preliminary junction in Ms. L v. ICE, barring the administration from continuing its cruel policy of family separation.
ACLU-NM Responds to Supreme Court Decision on Trump Muslim Ban
ALBUQUERQUE, NM--Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico released a statement condemning today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Trump administration’s Muslim ban.
ACLU of NM Seeks Release of Congolese Asylum Seeker Held at Cibola
ALBUQUERQUE, NM--Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico and the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center filed a Habeas petition demanding the release of Petitioner B., a political activist from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who was beaten, tortured, and imprisone