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flag New Mexico’s AG voided a county meeting approving an ICE contract, calling it illegal due to poor notice and false emergency claims.

flag New Mexico’s Attorney General Raúl Torrez declared an emergency meeting by Otero County commissioners on March 13, 2026, invalid under the state’s Open Meetings Act, citing insufficient notice and lack of a true emergency. flag The meeting approved a five-year contract with ICE to operate the Chaparral detention facility, but the state argued the bond deadline was foreseeable and the emergency classification unjustified. flag The decision casts the contract in legal limbo, requiring the county to respond by March 23 with compliance steps. flag County officials dispute the finding, calling it politically motivated. flag The state’s action comes amid broader tensions over the upcoming Immigrant Safety Act, which bans local ICE contracts.

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