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Indian Boarding Schools; Sit-in for Reading

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This week on New Mexico in Focus, correspondent Antonia Gonzales speaks with two New Mexicans about their thoughts and emotions after President Joe Biden’s formal apology for the harm caused by Indian boarding schools.   Sixth grade student Rainier Long is an avid reader. When his school, Carlos Gilbert Elementary in Santa Fe, cut library time…

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Immigrant Protections in a Second Trump Term

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This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor sits down with Sophia Genovese, an attorney with the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center.  Genovese tells us how advocates and lawmakers are already working on new ways to push back against a second Trump administration and a president-elect who campaigned on the promise of…

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