Press Releases

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Apr 01, 2022

ACLU of New Mexico Commends CDC Decision to End the Title 42 Immigrant Expulsion Policy

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that starting on May 23, it will end the widely condemned Title 42 immigrant expulsion policy.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights
Nov 09, 2021

Groups Demand ICE Allow Detained Haitians Access to Legal Services

Last Friday, November 5th, the ACLU of NM and other immigrant rights advocates and organizations delivered a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demanding access to legal services for Haitian migrants detained at Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights
Sep 13, 2021

ACLU, Elected Officials, and Community Leaders Call on Secretary Mayorkas to End Title 42 Expulsions

The ACLU of New Mexico, local elected officials, and community leaders today sent a letter asking Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to stop migrant expulsions under Title 42. 
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights
May 13, 2021

Immigrant Rights Organizations Sue CoreCivic and Torrance County for Chemical Attack on Asylum-Seekers Engaged in Peaceful Hunger Strike at Torrance County Detention Facility

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.
Issue Areas: Immigrants’ Rights
Court Cases: Torrance County Detention Facility Lawsuit