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Oct 16, 2025
People Incarcerated in Doña Ana County Jail Sue Over Violent Paramilitary Tactics and Inhumane Treatment
Six people who were held at the Doña Ana County Detention Center (DACDC) filed a lawsuit today seeking to end the jail's practice of conducting violent, unwarranted paramilitary training operations on incarcerated people.
More Than a Yard Sign: Fighting for Free Speech in Tomé, New Mexico
When Rita Padilla-Gutiérrez posted anti-Trump signs in her yard, Valencia County threatened her with criminal prosecution at the urging of a pro-Trump county commissioner.
By Rita-Padilla Gutiérrez
Beyond the Concrete Box: Gujuan Fusilier’s Story
This blog is the third of a series based on interviews with three men currently held in the Penitentiary of New Mexico who are part of a class action lawsuit challenging the inhumane and unconstitutional conditions of New Mexico’s long-term solitary confinement unit.
By Lalita Moskowitz
Dec 08, 2011
BORDER PATROL AGENTS “ASK FOR PAPERS” IN BUS STATION AND FAIL TO RETURN BELONGINGS TO INDIVIDUALS DEPORTED TO MEXICO
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Contact:
Vicki Gaubeca, Tel. (575) 527 0664 or (575) 373-5789.
Director, Regional Center for Border Rights.
American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.
[1] NYU Immigrant Rights Clinic, the New York Civil Liberties Union and Families for Freedom.
By Micah McCoy
Nov 22, 2011
Congress: Do Your Part to End Border Patrol Abuses
Panelists: Jennifer Podkul from the Women's Refugee Commission, Tania Chozet from the ACLU of New Mexico, and Danielle Alvarado from No More Deaths.
advocacy organization representatives and congressional staffers gathered in a small room in the Canon House Office Building for a congressional briefing on No More Deaths’ “Culture of Cruelty” report. As we have reported previo
By Micah McCoy
Nov 09, 2011
November 8, 2011: A Good Day for Liberty
Micah McCoy, Communications Specialist
When I checked the news on last night before I went to bed my jaw dropped.
"Whoa!"
The 2011 voting results were in, and they spelled major victories for civil libertarians across the nation. Here are the highlights:
1) Mississippi "
By Micah McCoy
Oct 18, 2011
Moved to Reform: Immigration Detention Reform under the Obama Administration
Tania Chozet, Policy Advocate
We recently reached the two-year anniversary of the Obama administration’s announcement that it would reform our country’s immigration detention system, moving from our current penal-based system of detention to a more humane system that is tailored to individuals who have only vio
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