AZMEX POLICY2 19-1-19

AZMEX POLICY2 19 JAN 2019


Proposal could make New Mexico a 'sanctuary state'

The Associated Press
January 18, 2019 03:17 PM

https://www.kob.com/politics-news/proposal-could-make-new-mexico-a-sanctuary-state/5215318/?cat=500

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -
A New Mexico bill could turn the state with the nation's largest percentage of Hispanic residents into a "sanctuary state."

Identical Democratic proposals in the New Mexico House and Senate
would prevent state agencies from cooperating with federal immigration authorities.
It also limits the authority of sheriffs and jails to hold federal immigrant detainees.

The bill comes after Democrats recently extended their majority in the state House and after
Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham took office.

The proposal also comes as a number of New Mexico cities and towns have declared themselves
"sanctuaries" for immigrants living in the country illegally.

Activists have pressed cities and towns for the declaration amid President Donald Trump's call to build a wall
along the U.S.-Mexico border and other immigration enforcement proposals.

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