{"id":47690,"date":"2025-08-15T12:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=47690"},"modified":"2025-08-15T12:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T19:24:10","slug":"rep-leger-fernandez-on-ice-and-immigration-under-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/rep-leger-fernandez-on-ice-and-immigration-under-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Leger Fernandez on ICE and Immigration Under Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>8.15.25 <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>Democratic U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez is back in New Mexico this month as Congress is on recess throughout the month of August. While here, the congresswoman is updating her constituents on all that&#8217;s gone down this year in Washington, D.C. 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