The ACLU marked the occasion of the New Mexico state Senate passing the Immigrant Safety Act a week ago. With NM governor Michelle Grisham signing the Act into law a couple days later, the state marks its intention to shut down its three ICE detention facilities, ban new ICE contracts, forbid the use of state-owned land for collaboration with ICE, and forbid county and local governments from collaborating with ICE. This includes a ban on 287(g) agreements between ICE and local sheriffs.
ACLU quotes Immigration organizer Fabiola Landeros of El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos: "This is a watershed moment for New Mexico — a testament to years of organizing by immigrant communities and allies who refused to accept our state's complicity in mass deportation… The Senate's passage of the Immigrant Safety Act shows that when communities unite and demand change, we can stand up to even the most powerful forces.”