Algernon D'Ammassa

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez declared Friday that an emergency meetingheld by Otero County commissioners March 13 was invalid, potentially putting the county’s new contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement into legal limbo.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/ag-says-otero-county-emergency-meeting-invalid/3005779

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AG rules Otero County emergency meeting invalid, putting ICE detention contract in limbo

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez says an Otero County emergency meeting violated the Open Meetings Act, leaving the ICE contract for the Chaparral detention facility in legal limbo and raising questions about transparency and compliance with state law.

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Mar 21 at 2:02amWeb
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@algernon Can Otero County sell the building to CoreCivic? then CoreCivic could legally contract directly with ICE, and keep those local jobs. Plus the sale could pay off the building bonds. The jobs and the bonds are why Otero said they are keeping the place open anyway.