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Rana Al-Shaikli, an Iraqi refugee who made it to Albuquerque last year after seven years of trying to get a visa, said through an interpreter that she’s been seeing a therapist for stress, as she and her two children are separated from her husband, who is in Turkey and can’t get an immigration interview. Hussein, an Iraqi in America on...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — “I don't know what's going to happen. What is next?” Rana Said, a refugee from Baghdad, told us. Uncertainty looms over those affected by President Donald Trump's pending travel ban. Said sought asylum after war reached Baghdad. Her status is pending. She says she is unable to see her family she left...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 16, 2017) – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis requesting information on the recent reorganization of the National Security Council (NSC) to include President Trump’s chief political strategist Steve Bannon as a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, is calling into question the manner in which the Trump Administration has been accessing and handling sensitive and classified information.   “We’ve seen a pattern of carelessness and lack of...

Close observers of the 2016 election will remember that, on occasion, President Trump liked to draw attention to his opponent’s security practices as a way of criticism. There was, you may recall, something about an email server. “Hillary Clinton … sent classified information, even during her travels overseas, jeopardizing the...

The United States has been unwavering in its commitment to Israel’s security. We and other leaders have worked together to address the myriad challenges Israel faces, including terrorism, incitement, de-legitimization efforts and regional instability. Previous administrations have consistently enhanced this assistance and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced legislation that will clarify the permanent membership of the National Security Council (NSC) to ensure that decisions affecting national security are not clouded by political calculations. The legislation addresses significant concerns following President Trump's...

WASHINGTON D.C. –  U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)  and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.) urged President Trump to reverse his executive order that freezes all federal hiring, to ensure that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today wrote the president to express concern at the selection of Gina Haspel to serve as deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Their full letter is below and a PDF is available here. February 2, 2017 The PresidentThe White House1600...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Select Committee On Intelligence, voted against the confirmation of Rex Tillerson to serve as U.S. Secretary of State. During a speech on Senate floor before the vote, Heinrich questioned Tillerson's lack of...

SANTA FE, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) addressed a joint session of the New Mexico Legislature. Heinrich began his remarks by denouncing President Trump's executive order banning refugees and immigrants from entering the U.S. from several majority Muslim nations. “We are not a country that discriminates based...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, sent a letter to President Trump urging him to read the classified version of the committee's 2014 report on the CIA detention and interrogation program before considering the possible resumption of such...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement regarding media reports that the Trump Administration is considering an executive order to reinstate the CIA detention and interrogation program: "Any attempt to roll back prohibitions against...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement on President Trump's expected nomination of Heather Wilson for Secretary of the Air Force: “I congratulate Heather Wilson on her expected nomination to be Secretary of the Air Force. Her...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Select Committee On Intelligence, voted against the confirmation of U.S. Congressman Mike Pompeo as the new Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). During a speech on the Senate Floor before the vote, Heinrich said, "Congressman Pompeo has a long...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Heinrich (D-N.M.) secured an agreement from the Trump Administration that it would not vacate the management of the nation's nuclear stockpile. "I'm pleased the Trump Administration listened to my concerns and agreed to maintaining continuity in the leadership of the NNSA during the transition. The...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on his vote last week to confirm General James Mattis as Secretary of Defense: “As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and with New Mexico’s tremendous contributions to national security, I take the responsibility of vetting and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich questioned President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) U.S. Congressman Mike Pompeo during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. Heinrich, who strongly supported the release of the Senate Select Committee on...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questioned President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Retired General James Mattis during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing. Heinrich asked Mattis about the key threats to the security of the United States. Mattis replied, "I would consider the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questioned top intelligence about Russia's hacking of the U.S. presidential election. The committee received testimony from Director of the National Intelligence James Clapper, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan,...