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New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department
Independent reporting on CPS, foster care, adoption and family court — the cases the system would rather keep quiet.

New Mexico CYFD Calls Order to Return Teen It Sent Alone Into Mexico ‘Absurd and Impossible’
October 28, 2026
CYFD is fighting an attorney general lawsuit alleging staff drove a 15-year-old in state custody to the El Paso border and told him to walk alone into Mexico.

Estate Sues New Mexico CYFD for Withholding Records in Foster Infant’s 2025 Death
October 23, 2026
The estate of a 10-month-old girl who died in an Albuquerque foster home is suing New Mexico’s CYFD, saying the agency illegally refused records state law requires it to release.
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