A coalition of rights groups and community advocates in New Mexico has filed a civil rights complaint, warning 48 people have been disappeared after a wave of immigration raids in Santa Fe, Roswell and Albuquerque. This is Rebecca Sheff, attorney for the ACLU of New Mexico.

Rebecca Sheff: “We know that enforced disappearance is unlawful under the U.S. Constitution. We know that disappearing people is also prohibited under international human rights law. We know that when a government apprehends somebody and conceals what’s happened to them or their whereabouts, that’s a human rights violation.”

The coalition of groups is calling on New Mexico legislators to pass two bills to protect residents: HB 9, the Immigrant Safety Act, and SB 250, the No State and Local Resources for Immigration Enforcement Act.