NM U.S. Sen. Luján co-leads letter asking for investigation of immigrant detainee location system

U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) co-led a letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about ICE's online detainee location system.

By: Source NM Staff

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: April 12, 2026

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Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-M.A.) recently co-led a letter signed by more than 30 members of Congress — including fellow Democratic New Mexico U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich — asking the Department of Homeland Security Investigator General to investigate problems with the online locator system used to track immigrant detainees’ locations.

“Without a functional locator system,” the letter said. “DHS is effectively creating ‘disappearances’ on U.S. soil.”

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