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.
A New Mexico district court judge ruled that the Martinez administration can continue its investigation into the residency of foreign nationals holding driver’s licenses, but must show “good cause” for doing so.
A state District Court judge in Santa Fe issued Wednesday a temporary restraining order against the license residency verification program for foreign nationals. The matter is still under review, but District Court Judge Sarah Singleton cited, “Irreparable injury will…
The Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund and Albuquerque law firm Freedman Boyd filed suit Wednesday against the Secretary of the Taxation and Revenue Department in state District Court in Santa Fe arguing that the license verification program lacks statutory authority.
Two New Mexicans have joined a federal lawsuit that seeks to stop Arizona’s tough new immigration law from taking effect in July. Jesús Cuauhtémoc Villa and Vicki Gaubeca of Las Cruces, two of more than a dozen plaintiffs, said they joined the legal challenge because they said they travel back and forth between the two states and are concerned about being pulled over by Arizona police officers, they told The Independent.
A coalition of civil rights groups including the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) say they will announce Thursday in Phoenix that they will challenge Arizona’s recent…
As the AP reports today, a voter intimidation lawsuit brought by the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF) was recently dismissed by U.S. District Judge William Johnson because it failed to establish that there was an “imminent harm” to…
Another prominent Latino has joined the Obama administration.
John Trasviña, the outgoing president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, known as MALDEF, is the president’s pick to be the next assistant secretary for…
US District Judge William P. Johnson declined today to issue a restraining order against GOP attorney Pat Rogers and private investigator Al Romero, but the voter intimidation case continues.
After moving courtrooms and switching judges several times Monday, US District Judge William P. Johnson heard arguments in a case brought against GOP attorney Pat Rogers and private investigator Al Romero by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF). Several interesting…
A local private investigator says he was contacted by a man recruiting on behalf of the Republican National Committee, looking for private investigators to advise poll challengers on election day. The investigator, David O’Niell, says he’s worried that RNC may be using private investigators to help with so-called vote caging, a method of vote suppression.
A third plaintiff, Francine Gonzales, has now joined a federal lawsuit accusing two Republican operatives of voter intimidation. On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Martha Vázquez will conduct a hearing to consider the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s request for a temporary restraining order against Republican attorney Pat Rogers and private investigator Al Romero.
Pat Rogers, the Albuquerque attorney who advises the state GOP, tells the Associated Press that he has done nothing illegal.
As NMI reported earlier this week, Rogers is named in a lawsuit filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The suit, which names Rogers and Al Romero, a private investigator who said he worked for Rogers, accuses the two of voter intimidation. The accusations stem from Romero’s visits to the homes of two voters. One said Romero threatened to call immigration authorities on her, even though she says she is a citizen.
“I have not violated any law and Mr. Romero has not violated any law,” Rogers told The Associated Press. More …
An attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice met with a staff attorney from the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico today regarding reports of voter intimidation here, said a spokesperson for ACLU.
ACORN, the organization that has become a favorite whipping boy of Republicans from Sen. John McCain down to state Rep. Justine Fox-Young, today launched an attack against McCain and voter intimidation, releasing a poignant 30-second ad. Entitled “Not This Time,” the ad ties McCain to the history of voter intimidation of blacks.
As NMI reported Monday, The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico has filed a lawsuit against NM State Rep. Justine Fox Young, Al Romero and as-yet-unnamed members of the state Republican party. Fox-Young was the one who released…
On Monday, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a federal lawsuit against state Republican Party attorney Pat Rogers and a private investigator who said he worked for Rogers in an attempt to “block threats and intimidation of eligible Latino voters.”
The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico today filed a lawsuit against a Republican state lawmaker who released confidential information while making claims of vote fraud, a private investigator hired by a prominent Republican attorney, and as yet unnamed members of the state party. The lawsuit alleges that key members of the Republican Party of New Mexico violated the privacy rights of voters and illegally interfered with their right to vote.
