Texas wants the power to arrest and order migrants to leave the US. Can it do that? AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — For two years, Texas has pushed boundaries on the U.S.-Mexico border: Busing migrants across America, jailing thousands for trespass and stringing razor wire along the Rio Grande. In a new challenge to the federal government’s authority over immigration, Texas …

Biden’s movable wall is criticized by environmentalists and those who want more border security McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration’s plan to build new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas calls for a “movable” design that frustrates both environmentalists and advocates of stronger border enforcement. The plans for the nearly 20 miles (32 kilometers) of new barrier …

$110 million discrepancy in NM recreation cannabis sales Figures vary significantly between reports from Cannabis Control Division and Taxation & Revenue Department News-Sun Staff Report ALBUQUERQUE — Data from the New Mexico Cannabis Control Division and Taxation and Revenue Department shows significant discrepancies during the 18-month period since the state’s regulated recreational cannabis industry has been in operation. The CCD’s …

Judge orders federal agents to stop cutting Texas razor wire for now at busy Mexico border crossing McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge Monday ordered Border Patrol agents not to interfere with razor wire that Texas installed at a busy crossing for migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border, ruling that the barrier can only be cut to provide aid during …

Lubbock County trying to prevent people from using roads to get an abortion LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A Texas county near New Mexico — where abortion is legal — has banned helping people traveling to get an abortion in one of the newest ways conservatives are trying to restrict abortion access since the fall of Roe v. Wade. Lubbock County …

2 young children and their teen babysitter died in a fire at a Roswell home, fire officials said ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Two young children and their teenage babysitter have died in a fire at a Roswell home, authorities said Wednesday. Roswell Fire Department officials said a 3-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy were rushed to a hospital Tuesday night along …

Federal judge won’t block suspension of right to carry guns in some New Mexico parks, playgrounds SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge cleared the way Wednesday for enforcement of a public health order that suspends the right to carry guns at public parks and playgrounds in New Mexico’s largest metro area. The order from U.S. District Judge David Urias …

BREAKING: District court rules in favor of the current N.M. congressional district maps. District Court judge Fred T. Van Soelen issued his ruling today at 11 a.m. on the case of the Republican Party and other parties vs. N.M. Secretary State Maggie Toulouse Oliver and other parties. “The Court does not find that the disparate treatment of vote dilution rises …

Group sues after New Mexico governor suspends right to carry guns in Albuquerque in public By SCOTT SONNER, GABE STERN and KEN RITTER Associated Press New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public in and around Albuquerque drew an immediate court challenge from a gun-rights group Saturday, as legal scholars and advocates …

After Roe v. Wade, the fight over abortion access moves to New Mexico By JENNA EBBERS AND CASSIDEY KAVATHAS, News21 undefined CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — The sanctuary in Grace Covenant Reformed Church was packed. People stood shoulder to shoulder wherever they could — near the stained glass windows depicting scenes from the Bible, behind the neatly lined rows of chairs …