Governor signs Immigrant Safety Act into law

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-New Mexico, on Thursday signed into law a bill getting local public entities out of the business of non-violent migrant detention. The Immigrant Safety Act (House Bill 9) calls for the termination or non-renewal of interagency contracts that facilitate the operation of detention centers such at the ones in Torrance, Cibola and Otero counties. It also bans the use of state land for immigration detention and prohibits local police from entering into 287(g) federal agreements allowing them to perform immigration duties.