A federal judge today ordered the immediate release of Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira, a 27-year-old DACA recipient and father of four U.S. citizen children who was unlawfully detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for 42 days.

The ACLU of New Mexico and the law firm Singleton Schreiber, LLP filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus this morning, challenging the detention of Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira, a 28-year-old DACA recipient and father of four U.S. citizen children who has lived in the United

The organizations called for full transparency and accountability for all immigration detention facilities operating in New Mexico.  

The press conference will follow Rep. Crockett’s visit to the detention camp on Thursday morning.

Local immigrant-based and serving organizations and elected officials denounced Trump’s terrifying vision of mass deportation, the uptick of ICE enforcement in New Mexico.

At a press conference at El  CENTRO de Igualdad y Derechos, local immigrant-based and serving organizations and elected officials will denounce Trump’s terrifying vision of mass deportation and the detention and deportation of Albuquerque families.

Following the Trump administration's release late yesterday of a list targeting so-called "sanctuary" jurisdictions across the United States, a coalition of New Mexico immigrants’ rights organizations condemned this executive action as unconstitutional and immoral.

A Ghanaian doctoral student at New Mexico Tech, “K.O.D.,” has filed an emergency lawsuit today challenging the abrupt termination of his student visa.