Immigration

Lawyer: Albuquerque man threatened with ICE deportation receives last-minute respite

Review found he was likely to succeed in his quest for a ‘T visa,’ given to immigrants who suffered human…

September 22, 2025

Contractors push back on immigrant detention center closures

Otero County facility argues that it operates under the daily oversight ICE

September 18, 2025

New Mexico probation officers accused of referring ‘problem’ probationers to ICE for deportation

Three named immigrants say they were lured to state probation offices under false pretenses

September 16, 2025

N.M. advisers to U.S. Civil Rights Commission call for closure of ICE detention facilities

Chair and vice-chair dissent, saying closure recommendation goes too far

September 11, 2025

Top New Mexico Dems say SCOTUS order on racial profiling violates state Constitution

The justices concluded officers could use ‘apparent ethnicity’ as a factor to justify search and seizure

September 10, 2025

Heinrich, Luján challenge Trump ‘targeting’ of DACA recipients for deportation

DACA should afford immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children protection

September 9, 2025

ACLU-NM sues over detention of DACA recipient held in New Mexico ICE detention center

A hallway in the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, pictured in 2021. The ACLU of New Mexico alleges a…

September 5, 2025

N.M. committee chair says he’s reconsidering ICE detention center ban

Cervantes says the president’s deportation agenda made him reconsider his position

August 27, 2025

N.M. Republicans – and one Democrat – tour Otero ICE Detention Center

Andrea Romero, a Democrat, said she saw ‘despair’ in eyes of detainees

August 26, 2025

Democrats unveil new immigration plan

The plan emphasizes humane detention conditions, DHS oversight and prioritizing individuals convicted of violent crimes

August 25, 2025

Emails provide new details on how N.M. lawmakers’ ICE lockup visit went off the rails

Tour scheduled in advance of possible legislation barring ICE facilities in the state

August 25, 2025

N.M. Gov declines GOP’s invite to visit ICE detention center

Still no decision on whether special session will include banning ICE facilities, a spokesperson says

August 22, 2025

‘The City will not give in to bullying:’ ABQ defends immigrant policies after DOJ threat

Mayor Tim Keller, center, at the signing of an executive order on Monday, July 21. This week, Keller defended the…

August 21, 2025

Associated Press New Mexico

DHS Secretary says entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop people from climbing it

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire border wall along the southern border with…

August 20, 2025

ICE ramps up enforcement in Four Corners

Agents break car windows in Aztec, seen making arrests near Durango courthouse

August 19, 2025

Department of Justice extends New Mexico U.S. attorney’s term amid judicial, Senate criticism

Heinrich, Luján say Ryan Ellison’s unusual extension circumvents Congressional oversight

August 15, 2025

Feds list Albuquerque as New Mexico’s sole “sanctuary” jurisdiction

DOJ ‘will continue bringing litigation against sanctuary jurisdictions’

August 6, 2025

Rep. Vasquez finds overcrowded ICE facility detaining mostly non-criminal immigrants

71.7% of the record 59,000 detainees nationwide have no criminal convictions

August 1, 2025

ICE agent fires shots at vehicle they say tried to run them over during detention operation in Black Forest

Officials: Suspects are still at large after Thursday’s incident

August 1, 2025

Medicaid, ICE detention on agenda for forthcoming special legislative session

Gov’s chief counsel previews Lujan Grisham’s agenda to lawmakers

July 31, 2025

New Mexico’s largest city affirms ‘immigrant-friendly’ status

Albuquerque’s pushback follows viral ICE arrest in Walmart

July 23, 2025

N.M. immigrant protectors stress ‘know your rights’ as funding boost supercharges ICE

Fabiola Landeros, immigration organizer for El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos, speaks from the podium during a rally in mid-June…

July 16, 2025

Resentment against Albuquerque ‘deliveristas’ may have sparked viral Walmart ICE arrest

Family identifies man arrested as Venezuelan, now in ICE custody with possible head injury

July 11, 2025

U.S. expands militarized zones to 1/3 of southern border, stirring controversy

The militarization is being challenged in court

July 7, 2025