Despite the federal government’s own warning, the federal government plans to lock up more migrants in an ‘egregious’ facility.
Immigration
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La lucha por un Nuevo México más verde — desde los trabajadores petroleros inmigrantes
Miembros de Somos un Pueblo Unido saben las desventajas de los “buenos” trabajos en la industria petrolera. Aquí nos cuentan porqué están impulsando energías limpias.
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The push for a greener New Mexico — from immigrant oil workers
Members of Somos un Pueblo Unido know the downside of “good” jobs in the oil industry. Here’s why they’re pressing for clean energy.
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Immigration invoice
The feds are paying millions to detain migrants in an ‘inhumane’ facility that leaks when it rains and ‘smells like feces’
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Hot pursuit
Along the U.S.-Mexico border, Border Patrol agents use high-speed chases to catch suspects. Migrants, U.S. citizens and random bystanders have all died during these pursuits.
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Dire conditions
Haitian asylum seekers are suffering from inadequate food, dirty water, and poor medical care at the Torrance County Detention Facility.
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“Screaming for help”
Imprisoned migrants seeking better prison conditions describe an attack by pepper-spraying guards
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Borders without doctors
Medical services are hard to come by in the sparsely settled Bootheel region, where more and more migrants are arriving in need of care.
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Answering the call
Lonnie Briseño is a deacon in the Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces and organizer of Project Oak Tree, a three-year-old effort that unites faith-based organizations to aid migrants in southern New Mexico.
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Open doors and open arms
As migrants seeking asylum are released from ICE facilities, they are finding temporary shelter in southern New Mexico churches.