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City of Albuquerque Agrees to Sanctions After Violating Agreement With the ACLU of New Mexico to Not Enforce Panhandling Ordinance

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Yesterday a U.S. District Court judge signed a stipulated order, sanctioning the City of Albuquerque for violating a February court order to not enforce an ordinance restricting speech on medians, freeway entrances, and exit ramps while litigation about the ordinance was ongoing.
Issue Areas: Free Speech

Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration’s Arbitrary Detention of Asylum Seekers

ALBUQUERQUE, NM— A federal court has blocked the arbitrary detention of asylum seekers fleeing persecution, torture, or death in their countries of origin.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

U.S. District Court Judge Rules That the Trump Administration Must Reunite Families and Stop Future Separations

Albuquerque, NM — Yesterday, Federal District Court Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the US District Court for the District of Southern California granted the ACLU’s motion for a nationwide preliminary junction in Ms. L v. ICE, barring the administration from continuing its cruel policy of family separation.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

Trump's Executive Order Could Lead to Family Detention Camps on NM Military Bases

ALBUQUERQUE, NM--Today, President Donald Trump signed an executive order rescinding his own policy of separating children from the parents of migrants detained at our border, and announced his intention to pursue the mass detention of families instead.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights

New Mexico SAFE Releases Information on Gubernatorial Candidates' Criminal Justice Agenda

All four candidates for NM Governor complete in-depth criminal justice survey
Issue Areas: Criminal Legal Reform

ACLU Notifies New Mexico Detention Facilities of Inmates’ Religious Liberties During Ramadan

Letters sent to NM state prisons and ICE facilities in response to growing numbers of discrimination complaints
Issue Areas: Corrections Reform