The Trump admin is pushing to expand Fort Bliss into the largest immigration detention center in the U.S.

This expansion threatens our communities, and we must stop it.

We joined partners from NM & TX to say NO to mass detention because New Mexico must keep standing strong! #NoMassDetention

In World War II, Fort Bliss was used as an internment camp for Japanese Americans.

In President Trump's first term, it was used to detain children separated from their families.

Now, it'll be the largest ICE detention camp in the country and tearing our communities apart. The cruelty must stop.

Sen. Martin Heinrich is calling for the closure of the Torrance County Detention Facility after witnessing conditions he called "inadequate and inappropriate."
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#enddetentionnow #immigrantjustice

Of the 33 counties in New Mexico, 23 have been listed by the Department of Homeland Security as "sanctuary jurisdictions," which the department said "are deliberately and shamefully obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws endangering American communities."
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Rural communities like Estancia are convinced that economic survival is dependent on private prisons. CoreCivic, who runs the Torrance County Detention Center, gets paid more than $2M dollars in federal funding EVERY MONTH to detain criminals and non-criminal immigrants.
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In this powerful segment from New Mexico in Focus, NMILC attorney Valeria Garcia Tavares joins civil rights leaders Marshall Martinez (Equality NM) and Deanna Warren (ACLUNM) to break down the real-life impact of federal immigration policy on our communities. Watch here: tinyurl.com/pbs-valeria

NMILC's Sophia Genovese recently was quoted in the Albuquerque Journal article, sounding a warning that immigrants who self-deport could face high barriers to legal reentry to the U.S. "...it will create barriers for people seeking to return through some other lawful pathway."

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Professor of Law Emerita and Director of the Immigration Law & Policy Initiative at The Catholic University of America Stacy L. Brustin wrote this op-ed based on her experience providing legal assistance to men detained in facilities in Torrance and Cibola counties.

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This May 1st is International Workers’ Day — join us and El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos in celebrating the workers who make daily life in Albuquerque possible for all of us. Immigrant rights and workers’ rights go hand in hand. Together, we will march in solidarity for our communities.

This week is National Volunteer Week! Without our volunteers, NMILC would not be able to help as many clients a we do. Our volunteer spotlight today is on Jennifer Baidon Carrillo. Thank you for all you do for us Jennifer!

For more spotlights visit www.nmilc.org/our-blog/vol...

Today is Southern New Mexico Giving Day! We urge your to take part by donating to your favorite organization or NMILC. We have set a goal of $30,000 and need your help!
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“I am part of the community that descended from the people who were here even before this was the United States, ... and I feel connection to the immigrant community here. And that's part of the reason I think it's important to contribute to my time to programs like this one.” —Janette Durán

Along with a coalition of organizations, NMILC highlighted the urgency of passing HB 9 at a press conference on Monday and addressed the 48 NM residents taken by ICE, and remain unaccounted for. #nmleg #immigrantsafetyact

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Join us to discuss what is at stake for immigrant children if the Unaccompanied Children Program is defunded.
Hear from experts at @florenceproject.bsky.social, The Amica Center, @immdef.bsky.social, & @acaciajustice.bsky.social.

Monday, March 24 2PM ET/ 11 PT
Via Zoom tinyurl.com/ucpwebinar

The Immigrant Safety Act (HB9) will rid New Mexico of its complicity of detaining immigrants who have committed no crimes into private, for profit prisons. Immigrants seeking asylum and citizenship should not be separated from their families. #immigrantsafety #immigrationlaw
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"We are witnessing a chilling and deeply concerning shift to targeting people for exercising their fundamental right of free speech,” says AILA President Kelli Stump in response to the arrest and detention of green card holder Mahmoud Khalil.

3. All children deserve to be free and safe with their families. We demand the immediate release of all families currently detained at Karnes Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas, and a permanent end to this shameful practice.

The Immigrant Safety Act (HB9) is officially second on the agenda for the Health and Public Affairs Committee today!
Show your support! Roundhouse Room 311, 30 minutes after the Senate Adjourns on the floor (estimated time: 1:30pm)
#hb9 #immigrantsafety #immigrantsafetyact #immigrantlaw