Blog Posts | ACLU of New Mexico

Apr 22, 2022

We Deserve Better Than Outdated Posturing About Crime

Legislators fail to engage evidence-based solutions that would make the state safer for everyone.

Apr 18, 2022

Border Patrol Interior Checkpoints Are a Cruel and Pointless Burden on Borderland Residents

New Mexico’s legalization of cannabis for recreational adult use has reminded all borderland residents of a fact our Latinx, Indigenous and Black neighbors have known for decades: Border Patrol checkpoints...

Apr 11, 2022

10 Books Politicians Don’t Want You to Read

Read about some of the books that have most recently been banned or challenged for removal across public schools and libraries in our ‘ACLU Banned Book Club Reading List’.

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Mar 22, 2022

Five Things to Know About the Title 42 Immigrant Expulsion Policy

Since March 2020, the government has misused the order to kick out people seeking asylum more than 1.7 million times.

Billboard saying "It's past time to end the Trump-era policies at the border"

Mar 11, 2022

The War on Drugs Failed — Lawmakers Must Meet the Fentanyl Crisis With New Solutions

We must not return to the failed, punitive policies that do not improve public safety or save lives.

Mar 8, 2022

If You Care About Freedom, You Should Be Asking Why We Don’t Fund Our Public Defender Systems

Four out of five criminal defendants can’t afford a lawyer, but in many places, the system promised to them by our state and federal constitutions is chronically in crisis.

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