Southern New Mexico residents sign large petitions that Border Network members will take to the Roundhouse on Tuesday, Jan 17.

Southern New Mexico Residents Ready To Fight for Driver’s Licenses In Santa Fe

(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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New Mexico Sen. Steve Fischmann’s Immigration Bill Presents More Problems Than Solutions

(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 [...]

Hundreds Gather In Mesilla Plaza Tell Senators to Reject An Anti-Immigrant Agenda in New Mexico

(LAS CRUCES, New Mexico) — Holding photos of their children and families, hundreds of southern New Mexico residents gathered in the Plaza in Old Mesilla Monday to tell Sens. Steve Fischmann and Mary Kay Papen that enough is enough. “She keeps talking about terrorists getting fake licenses,” said Araceli Alvarado, of Las Cruces, of Gov. [...]

Internalized Xenophobia and Gov. Susana Martinez’s “Illegal” Immigrant Grandparents

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 [...]

The Delegation From Southern New Mexico Stake Their Claim On
 The Driver’s License Issue With A Day Of Action In The Roundhouse

(SANTA FE, New Mexico) — It was their day. Almost a month after Border Network for Human Rights members rallied 1,000 southern New Mexico residents at Las Cruces City Hall, a delegation representing communities in southern New Mexico made themselves heard in The Roundhouse. The delegation of community members made the long drive from Anthony [...]

TAKE THE QUIZ: Can you tell the difference between a white supremacist, a tea partier and a Gov. Susana Martinez Facebook fan?

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 [...]

About the BNHR

The Border Network for Human Rights is one of the leading immigration reform and human rights advocacy organizations in the U.S. BNHR has a membership of more than 800 families, or close to 4,000 individuals, in West Texas and Southern New Mexico.

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Accountable Border Security
Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Promotion and Protection of Civil and Human Rights

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