Immigration News & Opinion
Sat - May 19, 2012

Associated Press, January 24. Hundreds of immigrant advocates arrived at the Capitol on Tuesday to protest Gov. Susana Martinez's attempts to repeal a state law that allows illegal immigrants to get New Mexico driver's licenses. A coalition of immigrant groups, religious organizations and student activists from across the state gathered at the Roundhouse then marched around the Capitol building in what has become a regular scene since Martinez took office last year. They chanted slogans protesting Martinez and held signs that said 'New Mexico is not Arizona' as advocates pressed the governor and state lawmakers to uphold law. Others held paper plates with an image of Martinez taped on the front and a question mark in the back to highlight that state officials won't be able to keep track of some drivers on the road if the law is repealed, according to the activists. Meanwhile, some children of immigrants brought to the rally wore shirts with the words: 'My mother is an immigrant.'