New Mexico Governor's grandfather crossed border illegally

September 17, 2011

long ago, but who's playing a major role in new mexico's heated debate over drivers licenses for illegal immigrants. he's the governor's grandfather - who came from mexico to el paso illegally many years ago. stuart dyson is here to tell us about him. stu. the governor wants to stop issuing those licenses - and her opponents would like to use her grandfather's illegal immigrant status to weaken her political clout - one thing's for sure - he had an interesting life. here's the obituary of adolfo martinez when he died in the fall of 1976 at age 82 - it's from the old el paso herald-post - the governor's father - jake - is mentionedmong adolfo's children and it says he had 22 grandchildren - that would include the future governor. the obituary says adolfo fought in the mexican revolution early in the 20th century - a war between many factions. he fought under the