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New Mexico should keep providing free child care to all families regardless of income.

Since November 2025 New Mexico has paid for child care for all families, funded largely by a permanent early childhood trust fund. Adding income limits would lower state costs and end aid for higher-earning families.

Deb Haaland

Democratic
Agree

My dad hated when you said free anything — someone's paying for it — but it's something that we want to pay for because we know it will move our state forward

Press quote · Sep 25, 2026 · retrieved Sep 28, 2026

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