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Deporting non-Mexicans to Mexico a ‘non-starter,’ Mexican official says

By Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica | February 22, 2017

On the eve of a meeting between Mexico’s president and American officials, Mexican officials emphatically rejected the latest Trump administration immigration proposal. Continue Reading

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Trump’s plan would deport to Mexico people crossing border illegally, regardless of nationality

By Ginger Thompson and Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica | February 20, 2017

The idea is part of a raft of immigration proposals signed by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly that are likely to spur international and legal challenges. Continue Reading

A statue outside the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.

Senate Dems: Popular vote should determine presidential winner

By Milan Simonich, The Santa Fe New Mexican | February 20, 2017

The bill they approved would give New Mexico’s five electoral college votes to the winner of the national popular vote. Continue Reading

Mexican flag

President Trump, Mexican politics and people power

By Kent Paterson | February 17, 2017

In today’s Mexico, it’s in unlikely places like a Sam’s Club parking lot where the forging of a nation’s new identity might well just be underway. Continue Reading

Border Patrol

Feds didn’t make arrests at Doña Ana County schools, officials say

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | February 16, 2017

Rumors spread Wednesday that federal agents were at schools in Doña Ana County arresting immigrants living in the United States without legal status, but officials say that didn’t happen. Continue Reading

Las Cruces protest

Protesters shut down street after ICE raid in Las Cruces

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | February 15, 2017

The protest ended peacefully after the city police chief spoke with its leader and people moved off the street into a nearby park. Continue Reading

Irma Perez

In apparent case of mistaken identity, Austin father caught in ICE sting

By Mariana Alfaro and Jay Root, the Texas Tribune | February 14, 2017

Undocumented immigrant Miguel Angel Torres was on his way to deliver Valentine’s Day chocolates to his daughter last week near Austin. Now, in what his family calls a case of mistaken identity, Torres is in an immigration lock-up near San Antonio. Continue Reading

Alan Bersin

Former ‘border czar’ gives real facts about immigration

By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica | February 13, 2017

Alan Bersin says a border wall won’t address the real challenges confronting the U.S. border enforcement system: hopelessly understaffed immigration courts and lawlessness and poverty in Central America. Continue Reading

Rodolfo Acosta-Pérez

Mexico without borders

By Rodolfo Acosta-Pérez | February 13, 2017

A nonprofit based in Mexico is trying to help refugees who are looking for safe haven. Continue Reading

Michelle Lujan Grisham

Lujan Grisham and others to meet with ICE about raids

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | February 13, 2017

U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham said there is “panic” in New Mexico and advocates for immigrants “are getting a flood of phone calls.” Continue Reading

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Trump’s watered-down ethics rules let a lobbyist help run agency he lobbied

By Justin Elliott, ProPublica | February 12, 2017

The president’s executive order on ethics also cites a section of the law that doesn’t exist. Continue Reading

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Are this week’s ICE raids ‘routine’ or a Trump-driven escalation?

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | February 10, 2017

The federal agency claims it’s not doing anything different than it did under former President Barack Obama. But arrests this week may indicate a shift. Continue Reading

Steve Pearce

Border wall won’t work, Pearce says

By Andrew Oxford, The Santa Fe New Mexican | February 9, 2017

U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce said securing the border would require more people and technology, rather than bricks and mortar. Continue Reading

A statue outside the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.

Prospects are dim for bill to make New Mexico a sanctuary state

By Milan Simonich, The Santa Fe New Mexican | February 9, 2017

That’s because Republican Gov. Susana Martinez will almost certainly not sign the bill even if the Legislature approves it. Continue Reading

The Las Cruces Public Schools administration building.

Voter turnout was up in first NM elections since Trump’s win

By Heath Haussamen, NMPolitics.net | February 9, 2017

Turnout was up in the state’s urban centers but still in single digits. The Doña Ana County clerk called turnout there “dismal.” Continue Reading

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