{"id":278061,"date":"2017-01-24T17:54:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T00:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=278061"},"modified":"2017-01-25T08:53:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T15:53:40","slug":"legislator-seeks-to-bar-nm-police-from-aiding-deportations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2017\/01\/legislator-seeks-to-bar-nm-police-from-aiding-deportations\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislator seeks to bar NM police from aiding deportations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_56542\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 771px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-56542\" src=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kids-at-Roundhouse-771x504.jpg\" alt=\"A statue outside the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.\" width=\"771\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kids-at-Roundhouse-771x504.jpg 771w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kids-at-Roundhouse-336x220.jpg 336w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kids-at-Roundhouse-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kids-at-Roundhouse-1170x764.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Kids-at-Roundhouse.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Heath Haussamen \/ NMPolitics.net<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A statue outside the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Saying President Donald Trump has created &#8220;undue fear&#8221; in New Mexico&#8217;s immigrant community with threats of massive deportations of undocumented residents, an Albuquerque Democrat introduced a bill that would prohibit state and local police from arresting people based solely on their immigration status.<\/p>\n<p>House Bill 116, sponsored by Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero, would bar police from using state or federal &#8220;funds, equipment, personnel or resources&#8221; for detecting or apprehending a person whose only violation of law is entering or residing illegally in the U.S.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"module align-left half type-aside\">\n<h3>About this article<\/h3>\n<p>This article comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Santa Fe New Mexican<\/a>. NMPolitics.net is paying for the rights to publish articles about the 2017\u00a0legislative session from the newspaper. Help us cover the cost by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\">making a donation to NMPolitics.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m trying to make sure our communities are protected, so they don&#8217;t fear any negative repercussions from Trump&#8217;s threats,&#8221; Roybal Caballero told The New Mexican <span class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_2145921532\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>But even if the bill makes it through the Democrat-controlled Legislature, it&#8217;s likely to be vetoed by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the governor said in an email <span class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_2145921533\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Tuesday<\/span><\/span> that &#8220;while we haven&#8217;t reviewed the legislation, the governor&#8217;s stance on these issues has always been clear. As a former prosecutor from a border district for more than 20 years, it&#8217;s never been about immigration &#8212; it&#8217;s about public safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During her first month in office in 2011, Martinez issued an executive order that nullified New Mexico&#8217;s status as a &#8220;sanctuary&#8221; state. That order, which applied to state police and other law enforcement agencies under the governor, said &#8220;State law enforcement officers shall inquire into the criminal suspect&#8217;s immigration status, and report relevant information to federal immigration enforcement authorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Martinez&#8217;s 2010 order nullified a 2005 executive order by Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson that prohibited state law enforcement officers from inquiring about a criminal suspect&#8217;s immigration status.<\/p>\n<p>Another section of Martinez&#8217;s order forbade law enforcement officers from asking the immigration status of &#8220;crime victims, witnesses, or others who call or approach law enforcement seeking assistance or reporting a crime.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our immigrants are productive citizens,&#8221; Roybal Caballero said, though technically those who came to the country illegally aren&#8217;t citizens. &#8220;They pay taxes. They&#8217;re involved in their children&#8217;s schools. A lot of [immigrant] parents volunteer at schools. They&#8217;re just trying to maintain their lives. Why subject them to undue fear?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>State and local police should concentrate on enforcing state laws and &#8220;keeping bad criminals out of our neighborhoods,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, in addition to his promise to build a large wall on the Mexican border, has said he intends to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. He also threatened to cut off federal funding for &#8220;sanctuary&#8221; cities that don&#8217;t cooperate with immigration officials in deporting undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>However, earlier this week White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters that the administration&#8217;s first priority is deporting those with criminal records. But, he added, &#8220;Then we&#8217;re going to continue to work through the entire number of folks that are here illegally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Contact Steve Terrell at (505) 986-3037 or <a href=\"mailto:sterrell@sfnewmexican.com\">sterrell@sfnewmexican.com<\/a>. Read his political blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/blogs\/politics\" target=\"_blank\">santafenewmexican.com\/news\/blogs\/<wbr \/>politics<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bill would prohibit state and local police from arresting people based solely on their immigration status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3329,140,203,107],"class_list":["post-278061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-2017-legislative-session","tag-border-and-immigration","tag-law-enforcement","tag-roundhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278061","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=278061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}