Today, the ACLU of New Mexico announced that the New Mexico Human Rights Bureau (NMHRB) has concluded an investigation into an alleged incident of racial discrimination that occurred last year at a Santa Fe Allsups and has found probable cause that a store clerk discriminated against Jordan McDowell
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in the First Judicial District Court requesting the court immediately order the New Mexico Corrections Department to provide appropriate medical care to an incarcerated wom
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico and cooperating attorney Corinne Holt of Will Ferguson & Associates filed a lawsuit in the Eighth Judicial District Court on behalf of Rebecca Martinez, an incarcerated woman who suffered repeated sexual abus
On Sunday night, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed Elisha Lucero, a 28-year-old woman who appeared to be having a mental health crisis. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico issued a statement in response, calling for transparency and accountability.
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Yesterday, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Robert Brack ruled that an anti-panhandling ordinance passed by the Albuquerque City Council in 2017 violates First Amendment Free Speech protections.
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - In a voting rights victory, the Supreme Court today denied the Trump administration’s effort to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The Supreme Court agreed that the administration’s stated reason for adding the question was “contrived.”