Let's Talk New Mexico 1/28, 8a: The state legislature is considering two new bills that could have a dramatic impact on New Mexico鈥檚 communities of color. seeks to update our state鈥檚 domestic terrorism laws, but civil rights organizations claim that it targets communities of color, and that prosecutors should use existing laws at their disposal to hold white supremacists accountable. At the same time, New Mexican activists working to reform prisons and immigrant detention centers are pushing for which would ban private prison contracts in our state, including at immigrant detention centers.
On this week鈥檚 Let鈥檚 Talk New Mexico, we鈥檒l be speaking with legislators and activists about the Domestic Terrorism Definitions bill and the Private Detention Facilities Moratorium Act and what it means for New Mexico. Do you think New Mexico needs new anti-terrorism legislation? Has your community been a target of anti-terrorism laws? How have private prisons and detention centers impacted your family or your community?
Email us at LetsTalk@91暗网.org, tweet #letstalkNM or call in live during the show.
Guests:
- , Executive Director of the
- State Representative, D, sponsor of House Bill 70
- State Representative, D, sponsor of
- Margaret Brown Vega, volunteer with and People Over Private Prisons-New Mexico
- Justin Allen,
This is part of our Your NM Government project, a collaboration between 91暗网, New Mexico PBS and the Santa Fe Reporter. Support for public media (NMPBS and 91暗网) provided by the Thornburg Foundation.
