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

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.

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.

Today, Senators Heinrich and Udall sent a powerful message to Dreamers that they will not allow Trump and his allies to ransom their lives in a cynical tradeoff for a $25 billion monument to ego and intolerance

Detainees, including Albuquerque resident Abbas Al-Sokaini, must be released by Feb. 2 unless immigration courts find evidence of public safety or flight risk