“Today we walked out to show our support to the immigrants and to stop ICE and to try our best to abolish it,” one student said.
Immigration
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Several arrests made in ICE raid at Santa Fe construction site
An ICE raid on a Santa Fe housing construction site Tuesday comes as part of an apparent surge in immigration enforcement targeting construction workers in the region.
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Federal paperwork delays making undocumented immigrants out of DACA recipients
Some New Mexican immigrants are losing jobs and protection from deportation, which advocates say appears to be the goal.
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Trump administration says it’s waiving New Mexico water law to keep using disputed wells for border wall
The Office of the State Engineer intends to fight the federal government’s purported waiver of New Mexico water laws.
Posted inImmigration
He had legal status, no criminal convictions; ICE jailed and arrested him anyway
Edgar Chacon-Miranda, the face of the ICE crackdown in Santa Fe, had U visa protections. He says agents fabricated reports in an effort to deport him.
Posted inPolitics
How Santa Fe County, city align on protecting immigrants
County commissioners advanced an ordinance limiting use of county property, staff and records for immigration enforcement.
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How a federal lawsuit to end in-state tuition could affect undocumented NM students.
Many Chaparral students rely on higher education benefits that are under threat from a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit.
Posted inChild & Family Welfare
CYFD sent a 15-year-old to Mexico. Why the teen may not come back.
The state Justice Department made the request after the teen was left to cross the border alone to reunite with his mother.
Posted inHealth
Vasquez decries ‘ICE tax’ on New Mexico home health services
Vasquez argued for policy changes like his Careworker Visa Act, which would create a new visa for child- and eldercare workers.
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U.S. sues New Mexico over law extending higher education benefits to immigrants
Similar lawsuits were also filed against three other states for tuition policies regarding undocumented students Thursday.
