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New Mexico’s AG voided a county meeting approving an ICE contract, calling it illegal due to poor notice and false emergency claims.
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.
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.
The decision casts the contract in legal limbo, requiring the county to respond by March 23 with compliance steps.
County officials dispute the finding, calling it politically motivated.
The state’s action comes amid broader tensions over the upcoming Immigrant Safety Act, which bans local ICE contracts.
El fiscal general de Nuevo México anuló una reunión del condado aprobando un contrato de ICE, llamándolo ilegal debido a la mala notificación y falsos reclamos de emergencia.