I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Congressman Ben Ray Luján is a cosponsor of an immigration reform bill, cosponsored by members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Black Caucus, Asian Pacific American Caucus and Progressive Caucus, reports the Santa Fe New Mexican.
As the New Mexican reports:
Under the proposal, undocumented immigrants could become legal by paying a fine and learning English – if they don’t speak the language already – as well as passing background checks and meeting other requirements. They would then be eligible for a six-year visa and, eventually, a green card.
The immigration reform bill, the lengthily named “Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity (CIR ASAP) Act of 2009″, is sponsored by U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill. Lujan, a freshman Democrat, is one of 87 cosponsors on the immigration reform bill.
