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Susana Martinez (born July 14, 1959) is the 31st and current governor of New Mexico. A Republican, Martinez is the first female governor of New Mexico, as well as the first Latina (Hispanic woman) governor in the United States.She was formerly the district attorney for the 3rd Judicial District of the U.S. state of New Mexico. The district encompasses Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
Early life
Martinez was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. She moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico, in the mid 1980s. Martínez comes from a middle class background. Her father was an amateur boxer who won three straight Golden Gloves titles in the 1950s. He was a deputy sheriff for El Paso County, Texas. Martínez's husband, Chuck Franco, has been a law officer for more than 30 years ...
Press Conference at Capitol Unveils New Report, Asks Governor to Listen to All New Mexicans, Not Just Big BusinessSANTA FE, N.M. –- Food & Water Watch, joined by Conservation Voters New Mexico and the New Mexico Federation of Labor, today released a report that outlines several examples of how Governor Susana Martinez has given special privilege to industries like oil and gas, industrialized dairy, homebuilders and mining at the expense of environmental protection and the local economy.Immediately following a press conference that took place in front of the Capitol Roundhouse at ...
Here’s a story the mainstream media missed.
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez hassignedan executive order rescinding New Mexico’s illegal alien sanctuary status and has directed police to inquire about legal status when making arrests. The executive order does however prohibit law enforcement officers from inquiring about the legal status of crime victims.
“This order takes the handcuffs off of New Mexico’s law enforcement officers in their mission to keep our communities safe,” said Governor Martinez. “The criminal justice system should have the ...
(Reuters) - New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez, a Republican who has taken a hard line against illegal immigration in her state, said her own grandparents came to the country illegally.
"I know they arrived without documents, especially my grandfather, my father's father," she said in an interview with the Spanish-language television station KLUZ in Albuquerque on Wednesday.
"In those days, the law was very different," she added, saying many people came to the United States without papers back then.
The governor's comments come as she pushes state lawmakers, in a special session this week, ...
Susana Martinez has done NOTHING to create jobs. Instead of improving education, she cut teachers! She just told us what she wanted to hear to get elected!
