Last year, Congress approved $75 billion for immigration enforcement. That money has allowed ICE to operate nearly unfettered during a record-long shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
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Tim Z. Hernandez will be reading from his latest book, “They Call You Back: A Lost History, a Search, a Memoir,” Friday night at 7:30 at NMSU’s CMI Theatre as part of the Nelson-Boswell Reading Series. Scott Brocato recently spoke with Hernandez about the book.
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Nick Seibel, editor and publisher of Silver City Daily Press, talks about a business recovering from a fire, the Town of Silver City cutting funding to local events and COBRE Consolidated Schools getting ready to chose the next superintendent.
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The Las Cruces City Council held the first city council meeting of the month and passed resolutions regarding increased income from the gross receipts tax.
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As climate change increases water scarcity, researchers at New Mexico State University are exploring how saffron fares in central and southern parts of the state and how to integrate the crop with others already grown there.
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Pat's Run began in 2004 as a way to honor the legacy of Tillman, who walked away from a multimillion-dollar NFL career to serve his country in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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The plaintiffs claim the undervaluation led Empire Petroleum to take on wells it would never realistically have the money to plug.
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Joey Sanchez, who chairs the All Pueblo Council of Governors, called the BLM's proposal and process disrespectful.
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Since its November 1926 designation as one of the nation's original numbered highways, the onetime Main Street of America has embodied the promise of prosperity.
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The U.S. Central Command said the blockade would be "enforced impartially against vessels of all nations" from 10 a.m. EDT, following the breakdown of talks after 21 hours of negotiations.
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A long-term study of the world's largest known community of chimpanzees has documented a rare event: what the researchers describe as the primate equivalent of a "civil war."
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Federal regulators want airlines to cut the number of flights at O'Hare Airport in Chicago this summer. It's an unusual move, sparked by a turf war between two major airlines with hubs at the airport.
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The year began with many people becoming U.S. citizens, but by December, fewer people were doing so, driven by ramped-up scrutiny of applications and eroding trust in the system.