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For the past five years, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has allowed some of the brightest young people in our communities to pursue their dreams and deliver significant benefits to the U.S. economy. Thanks to the contributions of DACA recipients — sometimes called Dreamers — our economy is stronger, we have...

Both of New Mexico's U.S. senators and both Democratic representatives called out the Trump administration's review of national monuments for multiple errors and urged the president to reject recommendations to alter the management strategy for the Río Grande del Norte National Monument. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke's...

LAS CRUCES - U.S. Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, both New Mexico Democrats, have joined a group of 36 senators calling on the Trump administration to extend the Oct. 5 deadline for individuals eligible for renewals under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. In a letter sent Monday to the acting secretary of...

As senators who proudly represent the world-class scientists at New Mexico’s national laboratories, research universities, military installations and high-tech businesses, we call on policymakers to use science as a guiding light. Our capacity to seize opportunities and face the many challenges ahead rests heavily on our ability to make...

Democrats are urging the Federal Election Commission to consider new guidance to prevent foreign entities from buying political ads targeting U.S. election, in the wake of the report that Russians purchased $100,000 in ads during the 2016 presidential election. Twenty Democratic House and Senate members, in a Tuesday letter to FEC Chairman...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  What should I know about Heinrich amendments? The Senate approved its 2018 defense authorization bill Monday. In that bill, Sen. Martin Heinrich added amendments that would have a huge economic impact on New Mexico The bill would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to break ground and begin construction of a $174,000,000...

Senator Martin Heinrich is calling for transparency in those advertisements you see on social media. Facebook recently told Congressional investigators that a so-called “Russia Troll Farm” bought about $100,000 in ads, from June 2015 to May 2017. While the content of the ads is not clear, Heinrich says he’s calling on Congress to...

WASHINGTON – After winning election to the U.S. Senate in 2012, Martin Heinrich was contemplating possible committee assignments when he got a phone call from then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The longtime Nevada Democratic power broker had good news. He planned to grant Heinrich a plum assignment on the Senate Energy and Natural...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Tribal leaders, conservationists and elected leaders gathered Thursday to express their frustrations and keep pressure on the White House to ensure two national monument areas in New Mexico remain intact. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and several dozen people packed an REI store in Albuquerque while others took...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department is making another multimillion-dollar investment in high-energy lasers that have the potential to destroy enemy drones and mortars, disrupt communication systems and provide military forces with other portable, less costly options on the battlefield. U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a member of...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — On Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., visited the Girl Scouts of New Mexico to participate in a robotics project with scouts and to talk about the importance of girls in STEM. Last month, the Girl Scouts of the USA announced the introduction of 23 new merit badges for the outdoors and STEM, which stands for...

A bipartisan group of senators is expressing “deep concern” over a federal agency considering potential trade penalties for imported solar panel technology. The Friday letter spearheaded by Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who both hail from states with growing solar power...

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich toured the Magdalena Ridge Observatory on Friday after announcing congressional funding for the observatory’s interferometer project. “It’s a facility with enormous promise,” Heinrich said.  “We’re excited to be able to secure some federal funding to keep this moving down the road....

Fall hunting season is just around the corner, and sportsmen in northern New Mexico are eager to finally access the narrow mesas and rugged canyons of the Sabinoso Wilderness — the only legally inaccessible wilderness area in the entire nation. Surrounded by private land and without a legal road or trail to get there, the public has...

Dear Honorable Senator Heinrich,  Thank you for taking the time to meet with us. As you know, Pueblos in New Mexico are faced with increased threats to our sacred lands that are no longer part of our reservations. This is exemplified by the concern of the Pueblos with proposed fracking near Chaco Canyon that is to be addressed in the 2017...

New Mexico has long been at the center of technology innovation. Research and development at our national laboratories, universities and military installations has led to major breakthroughs in computing, energy, health care and national security. The technology industry is a driving force in creating jobs and expanding economic growth. In 2016...

ALBUQUERQUE, Nuevo Mexico - Renace la esperanza para miles de jóvenes indocumentados que solicitaron los benerficios del programa federal DACA y para aquellos centroamericanos amparados por el TPS. La propuesta del llamado Dream Act fue presentado nuevamente por el Senador Lindsey Graham y el Senador Richard Durbin.Esto...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Some high-paying technology companies in New Mexico say they want to expand, but can’t find residents qualified to fill open positions. U.S. Senator for New Mexico Martin Heinrich wants to create a pipeline of talent for those businesses by increasing access to technology apprenticeship programs, which he aims to support...

Mis colegas republicanos continúan su esfuerzo de cumplir con la promesa del presidente Trump de revocar la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Costo (ACA, por sus siglas en inglés), a pesar de que dos de sus intentos para reemplazar dicha ley han fallado. En vez de aceptar estas derrotas y trabajar con los demócratas...

PORTALES — Portales’ airport will soon be getting a $431,890 economic boost from the federal government. The grant from the Federal Aviation Administration, announced Friday by U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich in a press release, will pay for the construction of two 12,000 gallon fuel tanks. The tanks will be used to store...