A NEW PROGRAM BEING WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AT ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE STUDENTS. AND SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS … LIKE THE NEW MEXICO ASIAN FAMILY CENTER AND GLOBAL 505 … ARE WORKING ON THE PROGRAM. THESE ARE GROUPS THAT ARE WORRIED THE NEEDS OF THESE PARTICULAR STUDENTS ARE NOT BEING MET.
THE GROUPS WANT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM APS AND FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY THE CURRENT STATE OF IMMIGRATION IN THE U-S TO BE INCLUDED IN PUTTING TOGETHER THE PROGRAM. THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE INTERNED OR NOW INTERN WITH THE NMAFC SAY THE PROGRAMS ADDS NEW RESOURCES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ESPECIALLY.