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Raul Torrez
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New Mexico AG’s office under fire for immigrant detention oversight

Avatar photo by Alex Ross 11 hours agoSeptember 25, 2025

The New Mexico Department of Justice is disputing a recent report that alleges that the state attorney general is not doing enough to police immigrant detention centers.  The New Mexico Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights claimed in its report, released earlier this month, that the New Mexico Department of Justice is […]

Late Wednesday, U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson of the U.S. District Court of New Mexico granted a petition for a writ of habeas corpus directing the federal government to immediately release 28-year-old Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira from the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, where he had been held for 42 days.  
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Federal judge orders DACA recipient detained by ICE released from New Mexico detention center

Avatar photo by Alex Ross 14 hours agoSeptember 25, 2025
Posted inNM Political Report

State Rep. Eleanor Chávez: “I’m gonna call it what it is… ICE is acting like the KKK”

by NM Political Report September 24, 2025September 25, 2025
Access to healthcare services in New Mexico has, in many cases, not improved, and the burdens on the state’s Medicaid have increased in recent years, according to a new report. 
Posted inHealthcare

Report: New Mexico Medicaid more expensive, with diminished quality

Avatar photo by Alex Ross September 24, 2025September 24, 2025
New Mexico National Guard troops could soon be deployed to Española and Rio Arriba County to address a surge in crime and public safety concerns.
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Española police chief addresses unease over National Guard deployment

Avatar photo by Alex Ross September 23, 2025September 23, 2025
Don J. Usner / Searchlight New Mexico
Posted inNew Mexico

Contractors push back on immigrant detention center closures

Avatar photo by Alex Ross September 17, 2025September 17, 2025
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

New Mexico woman’s gun show protest triggers constitutional case after arrest

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Pat Davis and Kevin Hendricks, nm.news September 15, 2025September 15, 2025
The First Judicial District Court has announced a new program designed to divert people with severe mental illness away from the criminal justice system and into treatment services.
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Santa Fe court launches mental health diversion program for arrestees

Avatar photo by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news September 15, 2025September 15, 2025
The Rehabilitation Center operated by Genesis Healthcare in Albuquerque / nm.news
Posted inNew Mexico

‘Systematic failure’ alleged in lawsuit against Albuquerque health facility after resident’s death

by NM Political Report September 12, 2025September 12, 2025
Genesis Healthcare
Posted inNew Mexico

800 days without basic nursing care: Nursing home lawsuit alleges neglect in troubled Bloomfield facility

by NM Political Report September 12, 2025September 12, 2025

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