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.
The recently passed Arizona immigration law shows “Congress needs to pass comprehensive immigration reform, Sen. Tom Udall told New Mexico radio reporters Tuesday.
Udall said the Arizona law could cause backlash in Arizona because it would draw police officers from other threats to public safety.
“You’re really talking about diluting your law enforcement resources into an area that should be handled by the federal government and I think that’s why it’s important we move on comprehensive immigration reform,” Udall said.
Udall also mentioned challenges of the law by the courts that will happen.
“I also believe that this raises a very serious question of racial profiling. And we need to make sure that the courts take a hard look at this law, which I know they will,” Udall said.
