New Mexico AG Files Lawsuit Against CYFD for Alleged Unlawful Removal of Teen to Mexico
The lawsuit seeks to force reforms after officials allegedly sent a 15-year-old U.S. citizen into Mexico without court approval.
- Attorney General Torrez's NMDOJ filed a lawsuit in First Judicial District Court against the Children, Youth and Families Department, alleging the agency unlawfully left a 15-year-old at the border and forced him into Mexico.
- According to the complaint, the Children, Youth and Families Department took custody of the teen before dismissing the case and leaving him at the Bridge of the Americas in Paso to enter Mexico.
- The NMDOJ alleges the Children, Youth and Families Department refused to retrieve the teen after Texas authorities took him into care and asked federal authorities to block his return to the United States.
- Seeking a Temporary Restraining Order, the NMDOJ asked the court to require the Children, Youth and Families Department to return the child safely and stop removing children from the United States without approval.
- Democrat Deb Haaland and Republican Gregg Hull both agree the Children, Youth and Families Department requires a complete overhaul, with Attorney General Torrez suggesting the legislature should abolish the agency and reconstitute something new.
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The attorney general of New Mexico, Raúl Torrez, announced on Tuesday that his office filed a lawsuit against the state child welfare agency after reports that agency staff removed a teenager from the custody system and ordered him to cross the border between the United States and Mexico to meet his mother, from whom he was separated, in Ciudad Juárez.
New Mexico AG files lawsuit against CYFD for alleged unlawful removal of teen to Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KVIA) -- New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed another lawsuit against the Children, Youth, and Families Department of New Mexico Tuesday. It's the second lawsuit he's filed against the state's primary child protection agency. This one alleged the agency unconstitutionally removed a child from their care and sent him to Mexico. The The post New Mexico AG files lawsuit against CYFD for alleged unlawful removal of teen t…
CYFD sued over sending New Mexico teen to Mexico
Attorney General Raúl Torrez's New Mexico Department of Justice sued the state's Children, Youth and Families Department, alleging it unlawfully left a 15-year-old U.S. citizen at the border and forced him into Mexico. The post CYFD sued over sending New Mexico teen to Mexico appeared first on KOB 4.
New Mexico AG sues CYFD over reports that staff instructed foster teen to cross Mexican border
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez, pictured on April 8, 2026, alongside the surviving aunt of a teenager who killed himself in 2025 while in state custody, at a news conference to announce the results of his agency’s investigation into the state Children, Youth and Families Department. (Danielle Prokop/Source NM)New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Tuesday announced his office filed a lawsuit against the state’s child welfare agency …
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