Press Releases

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Urgent Human Rights Complaint Submitted After ICE “Disappears” 48 New Mexico Residents

A coalition of immigrants' rights advocates announced the submission of a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security challenging the "disappearance" of 48 New Mexico residents.

ACLU FOIA Litigation Reveals ICE Actively Considering Proposals to Expand Immigration Detention Nationwide

New Information Revealed as President-elect Donald Trump Doubles Down on Promise to Enact Mass Deportations on Day One

First Hearing in Carlos Doe v. ICE Exposes ICE’s Lack of Accountability in Continuing to Detain Individuals at Torrance County Detention Facility

A federal court held the first hearing in Carlos Doe v. ICE, a case that challenges U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) 2022 decision to certify the Torrance County Detention Facility (TCDF) as passing its overall performance evaluation.

Immigrants’ Rights Groups Condemn Plans to Expand ICE Detention Facilities in New Mexico

New Mexico immigrants’ rights advocates denounce recently revealed plans by the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) to expand immigration detention capacity in New Mexico and other states

Stranded Venezuelan Migrants in Indefinite Detention in Otero Prison Seek Release

Inhumane conditions, inadequate medical care, due process violations, and retaliation rampant at the facility

ACLU Commends New Directive Requiring Border Patrol to Safeguard and Return Migrants’ Personal Belongings

U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has published a groundbreaking new directive to curb longstanding inconsistencies and abuses in Border Patrol’s handling of migrants’ personal belongings. This policy change is a victory for immigrants’ rights and follows more than a decade of advocacy.

ACLU-NM Calls for Investigation, Releases After Man Dies in ICE Custody in Otero Detention Facility

The ACLU of New Mexico calls on ICE to conduct an immediate and impartial investigation into Jhon Javier Benavides Quintana's death and to publicize the results of the investigation.

Migrants Held in Otero Prison File Complaint for Retaliatory Use of Solitary Confinement

The five asylum seekers from Venezuela refused to agree to their removal to Mexico due to their fear of serious harm in Mexico. In direct retaliation, ICE officers and guards placed them in solitary confinement.

ACLU Issues Travel Advisory for Oklahoma After Passage of Extreme Anti-Immigrant Law

The American Civil Liberties Unions (ACLUs) of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, San Diego and Imperial Counties, Colorado, Missouri, Arkansas, and Kansas issued an advisory warning their residents about the threat of civil and constitutional rights violations when traveling in Oklahoma.