By Mariah Perry & Alika Medina / New Mexico News Port When it comes to filing for the census, New Mexico has one of the worst return rates in the nation. For this year’s count, leaders are hoping to improve response rates through efforts to mitigate concerns within the immigrant community. By 2017, nearly 200,000 […]
By Sergio Guerrero and Joshua Grajeda / NM News Port / Like many college students at the University of New Mexico, 20-year-old Daniel Torres holds down two part time jobs as he makes his way through college.But unlike most, Torres spends part of his time thinking about the congressional act that allows him to have […]
By Lauren Villagran / Searchlight NM / Four recruiting agencies have sprung up in New Mexico. Each is run by a working teacher, a recently resigned PED employee, a district superintendent, or the close relative of a superintendent. Such close relationships to the school system give recruiters an edge in helping immigrant teachers navigate licensure […]
By Sergio Guerrero / NM News Port / The U.S. Senate race is one of the most watched elections in New Mexico, after the open seats for congress and the governor’s race. The race has three candidates looking to represent New Mexico in Washington D.C. According to an Albuquerque Journal poll, incumbent Democratic Senator, Martin […]
DEPORTATIONS FORCE FATHER TO LIVE APART FROM HIS FAMILY By Lauren Villagran / Searchlight NM / EL PASO, Texas and VALLE DE JUÁREZ, Mexico – Gabriela Castañeda and Adrián Hernández were lovestruck teenagers when, in 2002, they crossed the border to start a life together far from the violence-plagued valley east of Ciudad Juárez. They […]
By Lauren Villagran / Searchlight NM They told me they were going to handcuff me, and I begged them not to do it in front of my daughter. I said goodbye to my daughter and I told another young girl, a little older, who also had been separated to take care of my daughter. They […]
By Lauren Villagran / Searchlight NM SANTA FE — A death threat against immigration attorney Allegra Love launched an FBI investigation and forced the Santa Fe advocate to abandon her home until the danger passed, sources have told Searchlight New Mexico. The threat came in an April 29 voicemail from a New Mexico phone number. […]
Editor’s note: This is the third profile in a series on DACA recipients. This article was first published on the Daily Lobo and has been republished with their permission. Minor style changes were made with permission. For DACA recipient and University of New Mexico student Sofia Angulo, becoming a citizen has been difficult. “People say, ‘Oh, well, […]
By Isaac De Luna and Victor Santos / NM News Port / If you speak to Sayuri, you would likely say she’s a regular New Mexican high schooler with aspirations to do great things in life. But you’d also learn she and her family are struggling through a scary experience. Sayuri’s dad is facing possible deportation […]
