In the Headlines
Over the past decade, our work—formerly as the Santa Fe Dreamers Project and now as Contigo Immigrant Justice—has been featured in local, state, and national media. These stories highlight the voices of our clients, the impact of our legal advocacy, and the urgent need for immigrant justice. Explore the coverage below to learn more about our mission, our victories, and the communities we serve.
Santa Fe councilors OK pro-immigrant ordinances a day after ICE arrests
The City Council approved two measures Wednesday reaffirming Santa' Fe’s status as an immigrant-friendly city — a day after another wave of immigration arrests statewide.
Federal Paperwork Delays Making Undocumented Immigrants Out of DACA Recipients
Immigration attorneys in New Mexico and nationwide say federal paperwork delays are making undocumented immigrants out of people long protected from deportation.
Processing times for renewals under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, increased more than sevenfold in the last fiscal year, federal data shows.
Santa Fe Dreamers Project renamed to Contigo Immigrant Justice as footprint broadens
Santa Fe Dreamers Project Executive Director Miles Tokunow at the Santa Fe Dreamers Project office in June 2025. The organization is changing its name to Contigo Immigrant Justice.
Richard Eeds Show - August 28, 2025
Miles Tokunow from CONTIGO IMMIGRANT JUSTCE, Formerly the Santa Fe Dreamers Project, Contigo is now a statewide organization with many services including immigrant applications, mobile legal clinics, Outreach and Education and many others.
Press Release - Santa Fe Dreamers Project Announces New Name: Contigo Immigrant Justice
After more than ten years as a leading force for immigrant rights in New Mexico, the Santa Fe Dreamers Project is entering a new era—with a new name that reflects its growth, values, and statewide reach. The organization will now be known as Contigo Immigrant Justice.
Immigrants’ rights groups march, rally at New Mexico Legislature
By: Austin Fisher, Source NM
People rallied around a stage on the south side of the New Mexico Legislature on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.
MLK Day celebration returns to Roundhouse after five-year hiatus
Doris Fields, left, and Patricia Schipp of Santa Fe hold hands with other participants during the New Mexico NAACP’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration in January 2019 at the state Capitol. That was the last time the event was held after it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic the next year.
New Mexican file photo
‘Not only draconian… immoral’: NM legislators, advocates talk Trump deportation plans
Trump plans to declare a national emergency as a means to use military assets to prosecute mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, but state officials and local organizations are organizing a response.
Santa Fe Dreamers Project celebrates 10 years amid worrisome climate for immigrants
By André Salkin, Santa Fe New Mexican
Allegra Love, immigration attorney and founder of Santa Fe Dreamers Project, counsels an undocumented immigrant in 2017. As the nonprofit nears its 10-year anniversary, it’s bracing for changes proposed by Donald Trump in his return to the White House.