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A New Phase in Civil Liberties Advocacy: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
For decades, the ACLU of New Mexico has worked alongside communities to defend civil liberties and expand the promise of the constitution. Today, with fundamental freedoms under intensifying attack and the stakes for our democracy higher than ever, that work has never been more urgent.
Dec 27, 2018
Living in Limbo: A dispatch from the frontlines of our fight against indefinite detention
“Every day you get tired from thinking, ‘Am I going to be released after one month, two months, three months?’ But every day it’s ‘tomorrow’ and it’s never finished.”
By Katie Hoeppner
Dec 20, 2018
Out of the Shadows: How the ACLU of New Mexico helped expose and regulate APD’s highly secretive and invasive surveillance technology
The Stingray doesn’t need eyes to hunt. The flat, boneless fish uses special sensors to detect the electrical signals of surrounding prey. Then, it attacks—sucking its meal up from underneath its body.
Dec 20, 2018
Faith Leaders Speak Out: Religious Freedom is Not a License to Discriminate
An Interview with the Rev. Liz McMaster
Dec 20, 2018
The Future We Believe In
A bold plan to transform the landscape of freedom in the post-Martinez era
By Peter Simonson
Dec 19, 2018
Conozca Sus Derechos en Puestos de Control Interiores
Si usted se encuentra en un retén interior, sabe que tiene derechos.
Dec 18, 2018
Know Your Rights at Interior Immigration Checkpoints
If you find yourself at an interior immigration checkpoint, know that you have rights.
Nov 20, 2018
Trans People #WillNotBeErased
In partnership with our friends at the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico, we put this video together to highlight some of the stories of Transgender New Mexicans and the struggles they face in their day to day lives.
Sep 28, 2018
Danger in the Blind Spots: The Hidden Costs of Predictive Policing
Computer programs that crunch data from arrest reports, court records, even social media accounts, and then spit out predictions about future crimes to stop them before they happen, promise to have policing down to a science. But hidden in the blind spots of these data-crunching algorithms lay numerous civil liberties concerns.
By Katie Hoeppner
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