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Kesley’s Legacy: Why No Detention is Safe
After three long years of litigation, the private prison company CoreCivic paid a settlement to the wrongful death estate of Kesley Vial, a 23-year-old Brazilian asylum seeker who died by suicide while in ICE custody at the Torrance County Detention Facility (TCDF) in Estancia, New Mexico, in August of 2022.
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Jul 25, 2013
ACLU of New Mexico Denounces Proposed Albuquerque Abortion Ban
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico denounced the proposed Albuquerque ballot measure that seeks to prevent women from accessing a safe and legal abortion beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy.
By Micah McCoy
Jul 03, 2013
Same-Sex Couples Ask New Mexico Supreme Court to Protect their Right to Marry
Lawsuit also asks court to recognize marriages between same-sex couples performed out of state as valid in New Mexico.
By Micah McCoy
Jun 26, 2013
Why Marriage Matters New Mexico - Suzie & Checky
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This video was produced for the Why Marriage Matters New Mexico campaign, an effort by the ACLU of New Mexico and E
By Micah McCoy
Jun 26, 2013
ACLU Border Affiliates Oppose Border Enforcement Provisions in Senate Bill: Will Seek to Improve the Bill to Enhance Human and Civil Rights Protections
The ACLU Southwest Border affiliates, including the ACLU of California, issued the following joint statement in response to the Senate’s vote to proceed on immigration reform:
By Micah McCoy
Jun 26, 2013
ACLU of New Mexico Applauds Historic Supreme Court Rulings on Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
“It has been a struggle for our family because in addition to not receiving the health insurance and other benefits other military families take for granted, the government considered me and my wife strangers,” said Jennifer Altamirano, Christina’s spouse. “If she were to be wounded, killed or captured in the line of duty, the military wouldn’t even let me know.”The ACLU of New Mexico, along with the national ACLU and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, filed a lawsuit on March 21 that seeks to clarify New Mexico’s law regarding marriage for same-sex couples. The lawsuit alleges that under New Mexico’s Constitution, committed and loving same sex couples should already be allowed to marry in our state. Should this suit prove successful, married same-sex couples in New Mexico would enjoy full federal marriage benefits now that DOMA has been removed.
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By Micah McCoy
Jun 25, 2013
Theo Crevenna, Long Time Board Member, Passes Away
Theo Crevenna, the ACLU of New Mexico's longest serving board member, has passed away.
Born in Frankfurt,Germany in 1920, Crevenna fled from the Nazis to Switzerland with his mother during World War II and immigrated to the United States at age 19. After studying at UNM, Theo worked for the Organizatio
By Micah McCoy
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