The ACLU of New Mexico filed a lawsuit yesterday on behalf of Anastacio Granillo, a 64-year-old New Mexican man who was assaulted by a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officer at the Columbus Port of Entry while returning home from visiting family in Mexico in June 2019.

The ACLU today sent a letter to members of the Alamogordo Public School Board of Education, the Superintendent's Office, and the athletics department, advising them that a proposed policy that would ban trans youth from participating in sports could violate state and federal law.

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.

The ACLU of New Mexico and the Law Office of Ryan J. Villa filed an emergency motion in a lawsuit against NMCD on behalf of their client to ensure she is provided her prescribed medication for addiction treatment.

The ACLU of New Mexico and the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center (NMILC) today filed a lawsuit on behalf of nine asylum-seekers formerly detained at the Torrance County Detention Facility who were attacked with pepper spray for engaging in a peaceful hunger strike.