New Mexico lawmaker urges probe into Otero County emergency ICE detention contract

By: Danielle Prokop

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: March 17, 2026

Words: 725

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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A southern New Mexico lawmaker is asking the state attorney general to investigate Otero County commissioners’ recent emergency approval of a five-year detention contract with federal immigration officials, and to determine if it violated a new state law.

Rep. Sarah Silva (D-Las Cruces), whose district encompasses portions of Otero and Doña Ana counties, wrote in a March 16 letter to Attorney General Raúl Torrez that she believed the Otero County commissioners’ actions violated the …

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