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Privately Funded Border Wall Near Completion In New Mexico

12:44pm May 31, 2019

We Build the Wall, a nonprofit organization funding construction of a section of border wall near Sunland Park, N.M., said Thursday that it has 10 other sites picked out for more wall construction.

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Family members pay their final respects to 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin during a memorial service in Guatemala, on Dec. 24, 2018. Jakelin died while in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Autopsy For 7-Year-Old Migrant Who Died In U.S. Custody Shows She Died Of Sepsis

6:19pm March 30, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Jakelin Caal Maquin was in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection when the infection led to the failure of multiple organs, according to the report.

A ramshackle compound in the desert area of Amalia, N.M. Five former residents were indicted on terror and gun charges.

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Feds Indict 5 New Mexico Compound Residents On Terror and Gun Charges

9:40pm March 14, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The search for a missing child led to a raid of a rural compound and the grisly discovery of 11 emaciated children. Their relatives were training to attack U.S. personnel, federal authorities say.

Pumpjacks like this one dot the desert of southeast New Mexico, as oil and gas companies rush to develop one of the largest oil reserves in the world.

In Midst Of An Oil Boom, New Mexico Sets Bold New Climate Goals

6:20pm March 13, 2019

by Nathan Rott

New Mexico lawmakers passed a bill this week mandating state utilities use 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. Meanwhile, oil production in the southeast corner of the state is breaking records.

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Leah Steimel (center) says she would consider buying insurance through a Medicaid-style plan that the New Mexico Legislature is considering. Her family includes (from left) her husband, Wellington Guzman; their daughter, Amelia; and sons Daniel and Jonath

New Mexico Eyes A 'Medicaid Buy-In' Plan To Insure More Residents

5:50pm February 25, 2019

by Michelle Andrews

While some officials urge expansion of the Medicare system, several states are mulling a different way to ensure residents have affordable coverage: help them buy into a Medicaid-like plan.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said on Tuesday that President Trump's "border fear-mongering" had misused National Guard troops in her state. The governor is seen here in a photo from Monday.

N.M. Governor Pulls National Guard From Border, Citing A 'Charade' At Federal Level

1:29pm February 06, 2019

by Bill Chappell

"I reject the federal contention that there exists an overwhelming national security crisis at the Southern border," Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said.

Migrants, one carrying a child, who plan to turn themselves over to U.S. border agents, walk up the embankment after climbing over a U.S. border wall from Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, last week. On Tuesday, members of the Hispanic Caucus called for improved

Hispanic Caucus Calls For Investigation Into Migrant Child's Death

8:55pm December 18, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

After touring the two border facilities where Jakelin Caal was detained before she died, the congressional delegation called for better medical facilities and trained personnel at ports of entry.

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School District Apologizes For Teacher Who Allegedly Cut Native American Child's Hair

9:33pm December 06, 2018

by Cat Schuknecht

Students say she cut part of one Native American classmate's braids and called another by a racial slur. It happened on Halloween and the teacher was in costume as a 19th century voodoo queen.

Gavin Clarkson of Las Cruces, N.M., speaks at the Albuquerque bureau of The Associated Press earlier this year. On Nov. 20, a Washington, D.C., court clerk failed to recognize New Mexico as a state and said Clarkson's driver's license was not a valid ID f

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New Mexico Resident's ID Temporarily Rejected as 'Foreign' By D.C. Clerk

7:44pm November 30, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

A spokeswoman for the Washington courts system apologized for a failure to recognize New Mexico as a state.

Geoff Walser picks out a ristra, a wreath-like decoration made from dried chiles, to purchase at the annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival, which draws thousands of chile lovers from Colorado and beyond.

The Chile Pepper Rivalry Heats Up Between New Mexico's Hatch And Colorado's Pueblo

2:06pm October 03, 2018

by Gustavo Arellano

The Hatch chile has long been Goliath of peppers in the Southwest, but farmers in Colorado are trying to roast the competition by brazenly touting their lesser-known but mighty contender: the Pueblo.