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Bill to end detention of immigrants in New Mexico fails soon after new report on poor conditions

A bill to prohibit immigration detention in New Mexico failed a few weeks after an organization issued a report regarding the conditions for a group of detainees who were held at Torrance County Detention Facility. SB 145, sponsored by state Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, D-Albuquerque, did not pass the Senate during their year’s legislative session. […]