press releases

WASHINGTON – U.S. SenatorMartin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee,U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez(D-N.M.) arewelcoming $16.6 million from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded to organizations...

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) welcomed President Joe Biden’s nomination of Sarah Davenport for U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.  “Sarah Davenport has built an impressive legal career as a federal prosecutor in New Mexico and strong roots in her home community of Las Cruces,”...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (N.M.) is cosponsoring two bipartisan bills, both led by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), to strengthen border security at ports of entry: The Securing America's Ports of Entry Act would fully staff America's airports, seaports, and land ports of entry by requiring U.S. Customs...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) led 15 of their colleagues in a letter to Senate Appropriators urging them to provide the United States with the tools to combat the fentanyl crisis by continuing robust funding for border security and drug interdiction initiatives.  In their letter, the senators push for...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), alongside Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.),led their Senate colleagues in a letter to President Joe Biden outlining the urgent need for robust funding for border security and drug interdiction efforts to stem the flow of fentanyl and similar illicit drugs being...

WASHINGTON – In an op-ed published by USA TODAY, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) slams Republicans’ hypocrisy following their vote to block a bipartisan border deal, emphasizes the need for real solutions — not political stunts — to our nation’s broken immigration system.   USA TODAY: Republicans claim to want border security. What they...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement after Republicans blocked a procedural vote to begin debate on the National Security Supplemental:    "Today I voted in favor of a bipartisan proposal to help improve border security and make our communities safer, strengthen our national security through support...

FARMINGTON, N.M. – Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) met with Ukrainian families living in Farmington who fled their country following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.   “In New Mexico, we know that how we treat refugees and asylum seekers shows the world our true American values. Today’s visit conveyed just how seriously New...

WASHINGTON – In an op-ed published by the Las Cruces Bulletin, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, details his years-long work to fully fund the operations of the Southwest Border Regional Commission.

Southern New Mexico is home to vibrant and resilient communities with proud histories, striving to build even stronger futures. For years, I have fought to deliver federal investments to support economic development and modernize infrastructure in this region, including the unincorporated communities and colonias that haven't historically gotten...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) welcomed President Joe Biden’s FY24 supplemental funding request that includes substantial investments in New Mexicans’ health and safety by strengthening border security, repairing and expediting the nation’s immigration process, and combatting the flow of...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - In an ongoing effort to provide top-notch constituent service, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich's (D-N.M.) staff and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will hold a community information session at the Branigan Memorial Library in Las Cruces at 3:30 p.m. MT on Friday, June 23. Staff will be on hand to assist...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), to introduce a legislative proposal to respond to...

WASHINGTON – U.S Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined a group of 17 Senate colleagues led by U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in a letter to President Biden raising concerns over reports the Administration is considering a return to the ineffective and inhumane practice of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued the following statement ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit to El Paso, Texas, where the president will discuss new border enforcement actions by the administration: "Immigration and border security are not abstract policy issues for us in New Mexico. They are our realities. "We...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are calling for $500 million in Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) so that local nonprofits, governmental social service organizations, and states/localities can continue providing humanitarian services to migrants...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) is leading a call for immediate action by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to remedy the ongoing unsafe, inhumane conditions at its privately contracted Torrance County Detention Facility (TCDF) in Estancia, New Mexico. In a letter to ICE Acting Director Tae Johnson, Senator...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruling on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program: "Dreamers are Americans in every sense of the word. It’s past time for Congress to catch up. We need a bipartisan path forward on immigration...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) and Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) are calling on the Biden administration to act swiftly to address the inhumane and unsafe conditions at the Torrance County Detention Facility (Torrance) in...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging the administration to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Ukrainians in the United States following the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. “In light of Russia’s military invasion of...