New Mexico in the rear-view mirror
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Educated workers are leaving the state in search of a brighter future. Continue Reading
Las Cruces group to use data to fight childhood trauma
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The aim is to combat child abuse in the community and improve children’s health, education and lives. Continue Reading
Detained migrant parents have to pay to call their family members. Some can’t afford to.
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Advocates worry the cost and complexity of using detention facility phones could hamper family reunification efforts that have already been plagued by chaos and confusion. Continue Reading
Immigrant parents reckon with Trump’s changing policies at the border
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When U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order two weeks ago ending family separations, Evelyn Becerra heard the news and decided to leave Guatemala with her 2-year-old daughter. Continue Reading
‘I just want to tell my son I love him’
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Parents held in immigration detention without their kids say the phones barely work and they still don’t know when they will see their children again. Continue Reading
Next to a shelter holding immigrant children, church’s congregants defend family separations
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Congregants at Harlingen’s Lighthouse Fellowship Church in Texas said the president was right to split up families that entered the country illegally. Continue Reading
In El Paso shelter, undocumented immigrant parents now know where their children are
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After being released from custody, the parents have learned the whereabouts of their children, a shelter director said. But there are more hurdles before they’re reunited. Continue Reading
Immigrant children ordered to appear in court alone
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Some are as young as three years old. Continue Reading
NM may become among first states to seek oversight on immigration detention centers
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At a hearing in July, Manuel Gonzalez will be among the first ICE detainees in the country to have state legislators formally learn about his experience. Continue Reading
Here’s what it’s like to work at a shelter for immigrant kids
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Some facilities are so overstretched, employees often wait hours for a break to go to the bathroom. Continue Reading
Viral Facebook fundraiser generates more than $20 million for immigration nonprofit
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Over the last week and a half, a Facebook fundraising page has generated more than $20 million for RAICES — three times the nonprofit’s annual budget and more than 40 times what it raised in all of 2017. Continue Reading
ABQ aviation company mum on federal contracts related to immigration
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Albuquerque-based CSI Aviation, Inc. has won multiple contracts for transportation and relocation services that occurred in 2017 and 2018. Continue Reading
Detention center where immigrants will be sent before reuniting with children has history of problems
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Federal officials initially said the former naval base would be the main reunification center for separated families, then changed their wording and say children won’t go there ‘even for short periods.’ Continue Reading
New Mexico ranks last in new national survey of child well-being
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Prospects for children in New Mexico are the worst in the nation, according to newly released data that rank states across 16 measures of child well-being. Continue Reading
New photos show Tornillo tent city for migrant children
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The photos give an inside look at the camp, which may not stay open past mid-July but is currently housing around 300 children. Continue Reading