By Nicole Maxwell, NM Political Report
Nov. 25, 2024
Perhaps the most vilified population in the United States during the first Trump Administration were immigrants. This vilification is only rising.
Trump plans to declare a national emergency as a means to use military assets to prosecute mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, but state officials and local organizations are organizing a response.
Immigration advocacy groups Somos Un Pueblo Unido, El Centro de Igualidad y Derecho, The Santa Fe Dreamers Project, The Semilla Project and the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center held a press conference with New Mexico Speaker of the House Javier Martinez Nov. 22 at the State Capitol. They spoke about their work and what could come from a second Trump presidency regarding immigrants both documented and undocumented.
“I am blessed to sit in the Speaker’s chair, and it’s not lost on me that that comes with a great deal of responsibility,” Martinez said. “That’s why I will continue to fight alongside all of you to support New Mexico’s working families, and that includes our immigrant families.”
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