{"id":1987,"date":"2007-07-17T16:39:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-17T22:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/07\/kings-human-trafficking-task-force-meets-in-cruces\/"},"modified":"2007-07-17T16:39:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-17T22:39:00","slug":"kings-human-trafficking-task-force-meets-in-cruces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/07\/kings-human-trafficking-task-force-meets-in-cruces\/","title":{"rendered":"King&#8217;s human trafficking task force meets in Cruces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Rp1FUF-gZlI\/AAAAAAAAC3A\/sM5xMkrO1mY\/s1600-h\/King,+Gary.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Rp1FUF-gZlI\/AAAAAAAAC3A\/sM5xMkrO1mY\/s200\/King,+Gary.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5088299365502576210\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Attorney General <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ago.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gary King<\/a> will be in <st1:city st=\"on\">Las Cruces<\/st1:city> on Wednesday for the first meeting of a task force whose aim will be developing legislation that would criminalize human trafficking in <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New   Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Legislation that would do that, sponsored by Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/legis.state.nm.us\/lcs\/legdetails.asp?Name=261&#038;Submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Jane Garcia<\/a>, D-Do\u00f1a Ana, failed during this year\u2019s session, in part, King said, because of conflicting information that confused lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The task force will seek to clear up confusion and help create new legislation. It will also discuss services for victims of human trafficking and training for law enforcement in ways to recognize and deal with trafficking, which is on the rise in <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New   Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cIt is important for all interested parties to come together to craft a human trafficking bill that will have wide support and, therefore, stand a better chance of passing in the next legislative session,\u201d King said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The meeting is at 1 p.m. at the attorney general\u2019s office in <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:city st=\"on\">Las Cruces<\/st1:city><\/st1:place>, located at <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;amp;hl=en&#038;geocode=&amp;q=201+north+church+street,+las+cruces&#038;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=45.822921,60.732422&amp;ie=UTF8&#038;z=16&amp;iwloc=addr&amp;om=1\" target=\"_blank\">201 N. Church St.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Attending will be Garcia, a representative of U.S. Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/bingaman.senate.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Bingaman<\/a>, and staffers for the <st1:country-region st=\"on\">U.S.<\/st1:country-region> attorney, Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">El Paso<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>\u2019s trafficking task force, victim\u2019s services providers and local and state law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General Gary King will be in Las Cruces on Wednesday for the first meeting of a task force whose aim will be developing legislation that would criminalize human trafficking in New Mexico. Legislation that would do that, sponsored by Sen. Mary Jane Garcia, D-Do\u00f1a Ana, failed during this year\u2019s session, in part, King said, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}