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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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Jan 10, 2012
ACLU Demands that Duran Relinquish Remaining Records
ACLU-NM Files Motion for Summary Judgment in NM District Court
By Micah McCoy
Jan 03, 2012
ACLU Is a Partner, Not an Enemy, of Free Religion
Most people know the American Civil Liberties Union as one of the oldest and fiercest defenders of religious liberty in the nation. However, Steve Smothermon, the pastor of Legacy Church in Albuquerque, was recently quoted in the Journal accusing the ACLU of attacking his religious beliefs. If Smothermon examined the situation more closely, he’d see that the ACLU’s concerns have nothing to do with his faith, but with defending the freedom of all people to practice their faith – or no faith at all – without governmental interference.
By Micah McCoy
Dec 13, 2011
Let Grandma Vote: No Voter ID in New Mexico
Today the national ACLU released a video featuring Ruthell Frank, an 81 year-old woman living in Brokaw, Wisconsin, a tiny hamlet of just over 100 people. Ruthelle has been voting in elections since 1948 and serves on the village board. But since the Republican controlled Wisconsin legislature passed a law requiring a photo ID to vote earlier this year, Ruthelle may for the first time in over 60 years be unable to vote. Watch the video to learn why:
By Micah McCoy
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
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