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Immigration

Posted inImmigration

‘Inhumane’ New Mexico facility will resume locking up migrants

Avatar photo by Joshua Bowling December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

Despite the federal government’s own warning, the federal government plans to lock up more migrants in an ‘egregious’ facility.

Posted inEnvironment

La lucha por un Nuevo México más verde — desde los trabajadores petroleros inmigrantes

Avatar photo by Lindsay Fendt December 14, 2022January 12, 2023

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.

Posted inEnvironment

The push for a greener New Mexico — from immigrant oil workers

Avatar photo by Lindsay Fendt December 14, 2022January 12, 2023

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.

Posted inImmigration

Immigration invoice

Avatar photo by Joshua Bowling November 23, 2022December 9, 2022

The feds are paying millions to detain migrants in an ‘inhumane’ facility that leaks when it rains and ‘smells like feces’

Posted inCriminal Justice

Hot pursuit

Avatar photo by Joshua Bowling October 13, 2022October 13, 2022

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.

Posted inCriminal Justice, Featured, Immigration, Politics, Your Right To Know

Dire conditions

Avatar photo by Luciana Perez Uribe Guinassi November 24, 2021July 10, 2022

Haitian asylum seekers are suffering from inadequate food, dirty water, and poor medical care at the Torrance County Detention Facility.

Posted inCoronavirus, Criminal Justice, Featured, Immigration

“Screaming for help”

Avatar photo by Ike Swetlitz July 2, 2020January 13, 2023

Imprisoned migrants seeking better prison conditions describe an attack by pepper-spraying guards

Posted inFull Archive

Borders without doctors

Avatar photo by Lauren Villagran January 30, 2019January 16, 2023

Medical services are hard to come by in the sparsely settled Bootheel region, where more and more migrants are arriving in need of care.

Posted inFull Archive

Answering the call

Avatar photo by Lauren Villagran January 30, 2019January 16, 2023

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.

Posted inFull Archive

Open doors and open arms

Avatar photo by Lauren Villagran January 30, 2019January 16, 2023

As migrants seeking asylum are released from ICE facilities, they are finding temporary shelter in southern New Mexico churches.

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