NM Gov. Susana Martinez proposes teen curfew

new mexico governor susana martinez says she wants local communities to be able to control how late teens stay out at night. abc-7’s jamie warren is live from our new mexico mobile newsroom with reaction to the governor’s curfew proposal. jamie? parents i spoke with today had a mixed reaction on teen curfews but the majority of teens i spoke with say, they don’t want to be controlled. governor susana martinez plans to bring up the issue in next legislative session she says curfews are an important tool for keeping teens on the right track. las cruces mayor ken miyagishima says the city hasn’t had too many issues involving kids staying out too late he says overall teens have been doing a good job at staying out of trouble some teens i spoke with today say a curfew in las cruces they shouldn’t be punished for the mistakes of others sot:31 total holdyn heath, 17 years old id be pretty mad pretty angry but i mean i can’t really do anything about it i’m still underaged so i have to deal with it “i just seems a wee bit unfair to me” tlynn niel, parent want to be the one to disciple my child i want to be the one to enforce the rules and i dont like big government telling me what i should do inside or outside my home ken miyagishima las cruces mayor if the governors supportive of it all she needs is one legislator to put it through pass the house pass the senate if she’s willing to sign it and then allowing us to use this as a tool to kind of monitor the situation the last time new mexico had a curfew was 21 years ago. the next legislative session begins in january. live in las cruces with our new mexico mobile newsroom jamie warren abc7 el paso police are not looking for suspects as