New Mexico joins multistate lawsuit over HHS, CDC vaccine policies
New Mexico has joined a multistate lawsuit against changes to childhood immunization schedules made by President Donald Trump’s administration.
A year of suing the Trump administration: Q&A with New Mexico AG Raúl Torrez
On Jan. 21, 2025, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez joined leaders in 17 other states and Washington, D.C., to challenge President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to redefine birthright citizenship. Torrez in a statement called it a “direct attack on the Constitution and the fundamental rights it guarantees to every child born on American soil.”
Attorney General Raúl Torrez Unveils First Crime Gun Intelligence Center Housed Within An AG’s Office In The Country
Today, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, along with state law enforcement partners, announced the first Crime Gun Intelligence Center housed within an attorney general’s office in the country. The New Mexico Department of Justice’s (NMDOJ) Crime Gun Intelligence Center uses forensic evidence to find connections between firearms used in crimes across the state.
The AG Putting Big Tech On Trial
Torrez, a 49-year old career prosecutor with a youthful face beneath a salt-and-pepper beard, is an unlikely antagonist for Big Tech. His sparsely furnished office in New Mexico is far from the campuses of Silicon Valley or the lawmakers and regulators in Washington.
Attorney General Raúl Torrez Urges Reinstatement of Refugee Resettlement Program
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez joined national leaders for a virtual press conference urging the Trump administration to immediately restart the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program. AG Torrez is part of a bipartisan coalition of more than 300 state and local elected officials calling for renewed resettlement efforts after the administration’s executive order indefinitely suspended […]