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New Mexico Parole Board Modernization Act (SB 43) Passed by the Senate  

Today, the New Mexico State Senate unanimously passed the New Mexico Parole Board Modernization Act (SB 43), taking the state one step closer to ensuring fair, evidence-based decisions in the state's parole system.

Governor Signs Immigrant Safety Act into Law

New Mexico Becomes National Leader in Protecting Immigrant Families
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

New Mexico Senate Passes Immigrant Safety Act, Sending Historic Legislation to Governor's Desk

The New Mexico Senate today passed the Immigrant Safety Act, House Bill 9, sending the landmark legislation to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham's desk for her signature.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

New Mexico House Passes Landmark Immigrant Safety Act

The passage brings New Mexico one step closer to ending its involvement in the Trump administration's mass detention and deportation system.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

HB9 Advances With Stronger Protections for Immigrant Communities

Today, New Mexico lawmakers in the House Judiciary Committee moved forward HB9, the Immigrant Safety Act, with a critical amendment that strengthens protections for immigrant communities.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

New Mexicans Lack Essential Data Privacy Protection

Leaders and advocacy organizations call on legislature and governor to prioritize SB 53
Issue Areas: Privacy & Technology

Albuquerque Family Settles Case After Deadly SWAT Raid Destroyed Their Home

Almost four years after losing their home in a deadly house fire resulting from a botched SWAT operation, an Albuquerque family received the second of two settlements.
Issue Areas: Police Practices

Trial in Wrongful Death Case of Kesley Vial Will Not Proceed

The wrongful death trial on behalf of the estate of Kesley Vial, scheduled to begin Monday, January 5, 2026, in First Judicial District Court will not proceed.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

Human Rights Groups Urge ICE to End Immigration Detention at Fort Bliss Military Base, Halt Abusive Third-Country Deportations

People detained by ICE describe inhumane conditions at nation’s largest immigration detention center, including sexual abuse, coercive threats of deportation, among other violations
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights