Otero County attorney defends hasty immigrant detention contract extension

Otero County Attorney RB Nichols said in a 15-page letter that the ICE contract extension was necessary and legal.

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: March 24, 2026

Words: 607

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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The Otero County attorney on Monday defended the county’s hasty extension of a federal immigrant detention contract as legal and necessary, following the New Mexico Department of Justice’s determination last week that the extension amounted to an Open Meetings Act violation.

In a 15-page letter to the NMDOJ , attorney RB Nichols said the Otero County Commission had no choice but to convene a meeting with three hours’ notice earlier this month to vote …

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