Environment Laws, Civil Rights in Next Trump Term

This week on New Mexico in Focus, 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. In their two-part discussion, Jeff asks the two about their specific concerns related to free speech, expression and assembly under Trump. 

Earlier this year, Arturo Sandoval, founding director of the Center of Southwest Culture, appeared on the show to talk about his role in organizing the first Earth Day in 1970. Now he’s back, talking about how to protect the federal environment laws Congress passed in that era. 

Jeff asks two doctors how the tele-mentoring program from Project ECHO is improving diabetes care in rural New Mexico. 

Host: Lou DiVizio 

Segments: 

Guarding Civil Rights Protections as Trump Returns to White House
Correspondent: Jeff Proctor 
Guests: María Martínez Sánchez, Legal Director, ACLU of New Mexico 
Lena Weber-Salazar, Interim Policy Director, ACLU of New Mexico 

‘Don’t Agonize. Organize’
Correspondent: Laura Paskus 
Guest: Arturo Sandoval, Founding Director, Center of Southwest Culture 

Public Safety, First Amendment Concerns for Second Trump Term
Correspondent: Jeff Proctor 
Guests: María Martínez Sánchez, Legal Director, ACLU of New Mexico 
Lena Weber-Salazar, Interim Policy Director, ACLU of New Mexico 

Rural Diabetes Care Improves With Project ECHO
Correspondent: Jeff Proctor 
Guests: Dr. Matthew Bouchonville, Associate Director, Project ECHO 
Dr. Tamara Singleton, Family Physician, El Rito