ACLU-NM sues over detention of DACA recipient held in New Mexico ICE detention center

ACLU-NM sues over detention of DACA recipient held in New Mexico ICE detention center

A hallway in the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, pictured in 2021. The ACLU of New Mexico alleges a DACA recipient is being held there “indefinitely.” (Photo by Santana Ochoa / Source NM)A 28-year-old father of four with longstanding legal deportation protections is being held in New Mexico’s largest immigration detention center without cause, according to a lawsuit filed recently in New Mexico federal court. Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira …