NMDOJ urges state Supreme Court to stop Otero County ICE contract - Carlsbad Current-Argus

NMDOJ urges state Supreme Court to stop Otero County ICE contract - Carlsbad Current-Argus

Patrick LohmannSource New Mexico The New Mexico Department of Justice on Wednesday asked the state Supreme Court to intervene to prevent Otero County from maintaining a federal immigrant detention contract. The Otero County Commission last week voted to extend its agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and private prisoner operator MTC to house roughly 900 immigrant detainees at the Otero County Processing Center in C…