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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.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

New Mexico House Passes HB 9 Immigrant Safety Act

Today, the New Mexico House of Representatives passed House Bill 9, the Immigrant Safety Act.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

HB 9, the Immigrant Safety Act, Introduced to End New Mexico’s Complicity in Immigration Detention

Today, New Mexico lawmakers introduced House Bill 9, the Immigrant Safety Act, a measure aimed at cutting New Mexico's ties to the federal immigration detention system.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

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
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

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.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

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
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

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
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

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.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights