Jessica Martinez's mother came to the United States from Mexico in search of a better life; she is part of an immigrant family in New Mexico with mixed residency status.

Her family's story is what inspires Martinez's work as a staff attorney at the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, which is advocating for the immigrant community amid a surge in deportations under the Trump administration.

"We must continue to show that New Mexico will not stand for injustice," Martinez told a cheering crowd of hundreds of people during a Labor Day rally Monday morning outside the state Capitol in Santa Fe.

Organized by Indivisible Santa Fe, the Santa Fe Chapter of Veterans for Peace, Third Act New Mexico and other local organizations, the rally focused on worker and immigrant rights. Participants were as

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