DHS Labels Nearly Every New Mexico County as 'Sanctuary' Jurisdictions

Sanctuary jurisdiction baffles county officials – Alamogordo Daily News

Joshua ByersAlamogordo News ALAMOGORDO — In response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s recent designation of Otero and Lincoln Counties as “sanctuary jurisdictions,” county… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for Three Free Stories a Month Sign Up Now Close

New Mexico on 'sanctuary jurisdictions' list amid immigration crackdown

The list was published shortly after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to discontinue funding to "sanctuary jurisdictions" on April 28, 2025.

Majority of New Mexico on Trump's immigration 'sanctuary' list

The majority of New Mexico’s counties and two of its cities were flagged as violating federal immigration law by the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, a move that shocked officials from rural counties but came as no surprise to…

DHS labels nearly every New Mexico county as 'sanctuary' jurisdictions

DHS labels nearly every New Mexico county as ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictionsNearly every New Mexico county, and the cities of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, are in hot water with the federal government. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Nearly every New Mexico county, and the cities of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, are in hot water with the federal government.  The Department of Homeland Security released a new list of communities they say are “deliberately and shamefully o…

Otero County listed as 'sanctuary jurisdiction'

SANTA FE, New Mexico (KVIA) -- The Department of Homeland Security recently listed Otero and Lincoln counties as "sanctuary jurisdictions." The department says this classification indicates that these counties are obstructing federal immigration laws. Now District Attorney Ryan Suggs is responding to the counties' new classification. "Anyone who commits a crime in Otero or Lincoln County will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, no ma…

El Paso, Weld counties — along with Aurora — are removed from DHS’s list of immigration ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’

Two conservative Colorado counties — Weld and El Paso — along with the city of Aurora have been removed from a list of “sanctuary jurisdictions defying federal immigration law” a day after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued it.