A 70-year-old woman, unlawfully arrested and detained at Torrance County Detention Facility (TCDF) for 72 hours after peacefully protesting outside a gun show at Moriarty Civic Center, sued the City of Moriarty and Torrance County Monday morning.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico is alarmed by the apparent revocation of student visas affecting international students at several of the state's universities

Community organizer Justin Allen is suing the City of Albuquerque for infringing on his free speech rights after city employees retaliated against him for informing a group of unhoused neighbors that the city had no right to move them or seize their belongings

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Today, following disturbing reports that New Mexico State Police and University of New Mexico (UNM) Police used teargas and arrested protestors on UNM’s campus, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico warned university leaders and law enforcement that students…

A Bernalillo County District Court judge issued a preliminary ruling today giving the City of Albuquerque six weeks to change city practices that punish unhoused people for their presence with their belongings outdoors on public property.  

An Alamogordo resident will receive $45,000 from Otero County after former Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin silenced him and the Otero County Sherriff forcibly removed him from county commission meetings for voicing his opposition to banning books and local election denier

Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico and cooperating attorneys filed two lawsuits in the First and Second Judicial District Courts on behalf of local activist and organizer, Clifton White.

The ACLU of New Mexico today filed a lawsuit on behalf of Tabitha Clay, a reporter who was harassed and retaliated against by the Rio Arriba Sheriff's Office in 2019 after reporting on deputy misconduct in the Rio Grande Sun.