由于缺乏预警和虚假的紧急要求, 新墨西哥州司法部宣布批准ICE合同的县会议无效. New Mexico’s AG voided a county meeting approving an ICE contract, calling it illegal due to poor notice and false emergency claims.

新墨西哥州检察长罗尔·托雷兹宣布奥特洛县委员于2026年3月13日召开的紧急会议根据该州公开会议法无效,理由是没有充分通知并缺乏真正的紧急情况. New Mexico’s Attorney General Raúl Torrez declared an emergency meeting by Otero County commissioners on March 13, 2026, invalid under the state’s Open Meetings Act, citing insufficient notice and lack of a true emergency. 会议批准了与ICE签订的为期五年的合同, 以运营查帕拉尔拘留设施, 但该州认为保释期限是可预见的, The meeting approved a five-year contract with ICE to operate the Chaparral detention facility, but the state argued the bond deadline was foreseeable and the emergency classification unjustified. 要求县政府在3月23日之前采取合规措施. The decision casts the contract in legal limbo, requiring the county to respond by March 23 with compliance steps. 县官员对这一发现提出异议,称其有政治动机. County officials dispute the finding, calling it politically motivated. 该州的此举正值即将出台的《移民安全法》引发更广泛的紧张局势之际，该法案禁止本地ICE合同。 The state’s action comes amid broader tensions over the upcoming Immigrant Safety Act, which bans local ICE contracts.