One of the first things that Susana Martinez, the newly elected and installed Republican Governor of New Mexico, did was undo what her predecessor had done. Five years ago then governor Bill Richardson, a Democrat, issued a resolution that barred state law enforcement officials from asking people about their immigration status. Gov. Martinez has signed an order of her own obligating state police to do the opposite. Its a red flag on the place where rights and discrimination intersect with immigration for Latinos.
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