New Mexico in Focus discusses Iran with U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez

This week on New Mexico in Focus, U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-NM, dropped by the studio before returning to Washington D.C. Host Nash Jones spoke with the congresswoman about the war in Iran and the position she and her Democratic colleagues are in, as the minority party in a Congress, that never formally authorized military action in the first place. Leger Fernandez also spoke about the Trump administration's plans to roll back protections for public lands in her district.

A month has passed since a New York Times investigation revealed decades of alleged sexual abuse and child rape by Cesar Chavez, reigniting thorny conversations around the Chicano labor organizer's legacy. NMIF reporter Cailley Chella delves into what that's looked like in New Mexico - home state of fellow labor leader Dolores Huerta, who's now disclosed her own account of Chavez raping her - and a generational divide that emerged in her reporting.

NMIF runs through the latest on some eye-popping campaign finance numbers in the gubernatorial race, as well as reviewing a grim forecast for this year's fire season.

Last week, NMIF dove deep on the new leadership at the Albuquerque Police Department (APS). Daniel Williams, a policy advocate with the ACLU of New Mexico, had a civil rights-focused conversation with Executive Producer Jeff Proctor on the police department's new top brass. This week, NMIF picks back up with Williams and Proctor chatting about privacy concerns surrounding police use of technology and surveillance tools.

NMiF airs on NMPBS 5.1 (KNME HD) on Friday, April 17, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 19 at 7 a.m. and streaming on the PBS video app. Involved, informed, in-depth media: watch New Mexico in Focus again online shortly thereafter.

Host
Nash Jones

NMiF Segments
Trump Eyes Public Lands in New Mexico
and
Rep. Leger Fernandez on the War in Iran
Correspondent
Nash Jones

Guest
U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M.

Generations Divided on Legacy of Cesar Chavez
Correspondent
Cailley Chella

Guests
Jacob Trujillo, chair, Bernalillo County Democratic Party
Melissa Galetti, Chicano Studies teacher, Rio Grande High School
Richard Marquez, Albuquerque attorney
Ricardo Cardenas Caballero, Albuquerque resident
Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero, D-Albuquerque
Javier Marrufo, historian and New Mexico state director, League of United Latin American Citizens
Mireya Martinez, UNM senior and farm worker
Kimberly Nevarez, UNM sophomore and student organizer
Victor Hall, Albuquerque City Council associate counsel

Albuquerque Police, Surveillance Tools and Privacy Concerns
Correspondent
Jeff Proctor

Guest
Daniel Williams, policy advisor, ACLU of New Mexico

New Mexico in Focus is the New Mexico PBS prime-time news magazine show covering the events, issues, and people shaping life in New Mexico and the Southwest. NMiF takes a multi-layered look at social, political, economic, educational, and art issues, exploring them in depth with a critical eye to provide context beyond the "news of the moment."

NMPBS Executive Producer, Public Affairs is Jeff Proctor. New Mexico in Focus's senior producer for public affairs is Lou DiVizio. Host and producer of New Mexico in Focus is Nash Jones. The producer is Antonio Sanchez, and the multimedia journalist is Cailley Chella.

Funding for New Mexico in Focus is provided by the McCune Charitable Foundation and Viewers Like You. Funding for the Your New Mexico Government Project comes from the Thornburg Foundation and New Mexico Local News Fund. Funding for Our Land: New Mexico's Environmental Past, Present & Future is provided in part by the Neeper Natural History Programming.