Civil Rights in the Next Trump Term

New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)

Lou DiVizio opens the podcast with headlines from around the state including news the city of Las Cruces will pay a $20M settlement in the deadly police shooting of an unarmed woman.

After that, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with the legal and policy directors from the ACLU of New Mexico about what a second Trump administration could mean for civil rights protections in our state. Jeff asks the two about their specific concerns related to free speech, expression and assembly under Trump.

Host: Lou DiVizio

Correspondent: Jeff Proctor

Guests:

María Martínez Sánchez, Legal Director, ACLU of New Mexico

Lena Weber-Salazar, Interim Policy Director, ACLU of New Mexico