A potential ban on federal immigrant detention facilities in New Mexico would have a devastating impact on Torrance County, according to a local official. Jordan Barela, the Torrance County manager, told a bipartisan group of state legislators at an Aug. 26 meeting of the Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee, in Las Cruces, that one such […]
Author Archives: Alex Ross
Alex Ross is a senior reporter with NM Political Report and nm.news. He reported as the KOB-TV Roswell bureau chief and as a local news and politics reporter for the Roswell Daily Record before joining NMPR in 2025.
