New Mexico Code § 13-9-3

Prohibiting public bodies from entering into agreements used to detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations
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used to detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations
and requiring public bodies to terminate any such existing
agreements.
A. A public body shall not enter into, extend, renew or otherwise agree to be a party
to an agreement to detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations, including an
intergovernmental services agreement to detain individuals for civil immigration
violations. A public body shall not enter into, extend, renew or otherwise agree to a
rider, amendment, supplement or other modification to an agreement where the rider,
amendment, supplement or other modification is to detain individuals for federal civil
immigration violations.
B. A public body that is a party to an existing agreement that is used to detain
individuals for federal civil immigration violations shall, upon the effective date of the
Immigrant Safety Act, terminate the agreement upon the earliest date permissible under
the terms of the agreement, with respect to all provisions that relate to the detention of
individuals for federal civil immigration violations.
C. A public body shall not sell, trade, lease or otherwise dispose of any real property
to be used for the detention of individuals for federal civil immigration violations.
D. A public body shall not impose or continue in effect any law, ordinance, policy or
regulation that violates or conflicts with the provisions of the Immigrant Safety Act.
E. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the ability of law enforcement
personnel to detain individuals or to perform brief investigative stops as permitted by
state law.
History: Laws 2026, ch. 5, § 3.

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