Posts Tagged ‘national guard’
Mayor Tim Keller on Albuquerque’s Response to Protests
June 5, 2020 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, host Gene Grant talks with Albuquerque’s Mayor Tim Keller and Chief Administrative Officer Sarita Nair about the recent vandalism and violence that occurred after peaceful Black Lives Matter protests, and why the city has decided not to issue a curfew and resisted calls to…
Read MoreThe Line: Governor Withdraws National Guard Troops At Border
February 8, 2019 – On Tuesday, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham revealed her plans to withdraw almost all of the National Guard troops from the New Mexico/Mexico border, making the announcement shortly before President Trump’s State of the Union speech. She does plan to beef up security around the state’s Bootheel, where illegal crossings have spiked,…
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