Posted by Cristina Parker on January 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment
(LAS CRUCES, New Mexico) — More than 300 Southern New Mexico residents marched and rallied in Las Cruces today to honor the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. Most of the marchers were members of the Border Network for Human Rights and where there to show support for the current driver’s license law in New [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on January 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
(ANTHONY, New Mexico) — In preparation for the New Mexico legislative session beginning January 17th Senator Steve Ficshmann pre-filed an updated guest worker bill that is deeply flawed. The Border Network for Human Rights has analyzed the bill and is reviewing its consequences in all its Human Rights Committees throughout Dona Ana County. Some major [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on September 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment
(ANTHONY, New Mexico) — In the end, the pressure was too intense. Of the several bills designed to restrict or repeal driver’ licenses for immigrants living in New Mexico, none passed in this special session. Lawmakers in Santa Fe were faced with more than five thousand petitions, hundreds of phone calls, multiple mobilizations and thousands [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on September 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Some things are meant to be. Peanut butter and jelly. The tea party and racists. Out-of-state political contributions and Susana Martinez. KRQE in Albuquerque reports that the North Carolina-based, anti-immigrant political action committee, Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, have New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez’s back in the legislative fight over driver’s licenses. From KRQE: Thousands [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on September 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The media has covered the fact that Gov. Susana Martinez’s family came to the U.S. from Mexico (gasp!) illegally at least a month ago. We have covered the issue here as well. But it looks like Martinez finally went on the record. The governor has tried to dance around the truth about her grandparents so [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on September 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Susana Martinez blocked “New Mexico Can Do Better” from her Facebook page sometime before Aug. 30 for posting about driver’s licenses and pointing out the racism of many of her Facebook fans. The following sample of comments, and dozens more, have not been removed. Their authors have not been banned from her page. Many of [...]
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Posted by Cristina Parker on August 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Communities Reject An
Anti-Immigrant Agenda in New Mexico Any attempts to repeal the state’s common-sense driver’s license law will negatively impact every New Mexico resident (LAS CRUCES, New Mexico) — Southern New Mexico residents will travel to Santa Fe on September 6 for a Day Of Action against any anti-immigrant proposals in the legislature. After the [...]
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