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Nonprofit Advocates for Asylum Seekers in NM Private Prison

August 1, 2025
A fenced facility with barbed wire under a blue sky, with a sign in the foreground reading "CoreCivic Cibola County Correctional Center.

8.1.25 – Cibola County Correctional Center is one of three prisons in New Mexico that holds immigrants for ICE — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Reporter Cailley Chella spoke to several men locked up at Cibola, as well as a group of local volunteers working to make sure they feel seen.  Correspondent: Cailley Chella  Guests: Dani Figueroa,…

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Asylum Seekers’ Detention Bill Dies in Senate

February 16, 2024
An image of a prison with a barbed wire fence.

2.16.24 – Immigration reform advocates were shocked earlier this month when the state Senate rejected an asylum seekers’ detention bill. Sophia Genovese, an attorney with the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, tells Executive Producer Jeff Proctor when she knew the bill’s life would be cut short.  Correspondent: Jeff Proctor  Guest: Sophia Genovese, attorney, New Mexico Immigrant Law…

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