Inmigrantes indocumentados se enfrentan a una decisión dolorosa si necesitan asistencia médica: ¿Deberían arriesgarse al puesto de control migratorio?
Ed Williams
Ed Williams, a Searchlight investigative reporter, covers child welfare, social justice and other issues. In 2022, he was selected for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network to produce stories about abuses in the foster care system and the devastating impacts on children. Before joining Searchlight, Ed was a reporter in both the United States and Latin America, working for print, digital and radio outlets, including seven years in public radio. His numerous journalism awards include a 2022 First Amendment award and 2019 local accountability reporting award from the News Leaders Association. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin.
Posted inImmigration
Life, death or deportation
Undocumented immigrants face an excruciating choice if they need medical help: Should they risk the highway checkpoint?
Posted inEnvironment
“Extreme” fires sweep through Ruidoso
Entire town is evacuated; state of emergency is declared
Posted inChild & Family Welfare
‘A beautiful thing’: Former foster teen celebrates success and adulthood, against the odds
Jaidryon Platero’s 21st birthday sparks a party at a CYFD office, where happy endings are worth celebrating
Posted inChaos and Cannabis
Fined and stripped of his marijuana license, Dineh Benally keeps on growing
Navajo cannabis farmer claims he’s providing ‘sacrament’ for a Native church
Posted inEnvironment
When PFAS hits home: Poisoned wells in La Cieneguilla
Unable to drink their water, residents want action — and answers from the New Mexico National Guard.
Posted inFeatured
Holidays for foster teens: CYFD sends kids to a lockup with cold “cells” and metal beds
On Thanksgiving, CYFD sent foster children to a facility for violent youth. At Christmas, kids ran away.
Posted inChild & Family Welfare
A foster teen has gone missing. Why, his family asks, is no one looking for him?
New Mexico’s child welfare agency is supposed to safeguard children in its custody and report them immediately if they vanish. In this case, it didn’t.
Posted inChaos and Cannabis
A green light for Dineh Benally
A sensational raid three years ago put an end to his illegal marijuana empire on the Navajo Nation, manned by trafficking victims. But when Benally wanted to grow weed again, New Mexico said yes.
Posted inChild & Family Welfare
‘State of chaos’: New Mexico’s child welfare crisis is worse, monitors say
Experts call for immediate action to protect children, ease crisis and deliver reforms
