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 offices of the Secretary of State and Attorney General will look into whether Gov. Susana Martinez misused campaign funds for paying for radio ads pushing for the repeal of the law that allows illegal immigrants to get drivers licenses.
Panelists with diverse experience and observations on immigration came together for a lively discussion on the issue Wednesday night at an Independent Forum hosted by The Independent, KUNM and KNME.
The Independent’s Trip Jennings moderated a panel of experts, while…
Both candidates for governor say they want to stop the practice of giving drivers licenses to illegal immigrants, but neither appears to know how to handle, or wants to talk about, the potential consequences of such an action. Democrat Diane Denish and Republican Susana Martinez did not answer questions on how they would handle a potential rise in the state’s uninsured rate or the possible increase in motorists without licenses if the state stopped issuing licenses to illegal immigrants.
Hundreds are expected to attend a march Saturday in Santa Fe to protest Arizona’s new immigration law, an immigrants’ rights group said Wednesday.
The Arizona statute, signed into law last week, would empower police in Arizona to stop people…
Gov. Bill Richardson signed a bill yesterday that prohibits “bias-based” profiling.
The legislation was sponsored by state Rep. Nate Cote, D-Las Cruces, HB 428. It describes profiling as the “practice of relying” on such factors as ethnicity, race, language,…
Affordable housing and financial literacy are always issues for undocumented immigrants who may not speak English fluently and may be suspicious of the federal government. But contrary to what you might think, the mortgage collapse has not driven the state’s immigrant community into mass foreclosure and bankruptcy, according to Marcela Diaz, executive director of Somos Un Pueblo Unido, a Santa Fe-based immigrants-rights organization.
