A nationwide group of faith leaders congregated outside the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral to protest reportedly poor conditions, mistreatment and deaths of detainees in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Roughly 50 people including pastors, activists and community members stood in a lot located between the ICE facility and Otero County prison […]
We all need each other to have a successful election in Las Cruces this year. For the first time we will use ranked choice voting to determine the strongest support for mayor and city council candidates. While ranked choice voting has been used successfully in other countries and other cities in America, including Santa Fe, […]
By Angela Kocherga / Journal Staff Writer – Las Cruces Bureau Published: Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 at 10:33pm Updated: Wednesday, August 21st, 2019 at 10:54pm Copyright © 2019 Albuquerque Journal The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to end a court settlement that limits detention of migrant children to 20 days. The new […]
By: ABC-7 and ABC News Posted: Jul 13, 2019 10:27 AM MDT Updated: Jul 13, 2019 02:07 PM MDT LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – President Trump confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents would conduct raids on Sunday to deport immigrants with outstanding orders to leave the country. Cities across the U.S. were bracing for […]
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — It’s a busy morning at the United States District Court in Las Cruces, New Mexico. “You’ll see that migrants will go in groups of six, eight people to the front of the judge,” said Johana Bencomo, director of community organizing with NM Comunidades en Acción y De Fe. Escorted by U.S. […]
Las Cruces, NM — Earlier today, ProPublica released disturbing screenshots depicting a private Facebook group, created and made up of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, some including high ranking officials. These screenshots contain incredibly horrific and disturbing images, in addition to very degrading comments about migrants. This type of behavior by any federal agency, […]
Martha Lorena Rivera
