THE ACLU OF NEW MEXICO AND IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES ARE CALLING FOR SOME NEW RULES WHEN IT COMES TO DETAINING PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE U-S ILLEGALLY AND ARE ARRESTED AROUND COURTHOUSES IN THE STATE. THE ACLU AND THE OTHER GROUPS CIRCULATED A PETITION AMONG NEW MEXICO’S LAWYERS, LAW FIRMS, RETIRED JUDGES AND OTHER GROUPS TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR ICE TO DETAIN ANYONE.
THE PETITION SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 25 CASES SINCE FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR IN WHICH PLAIN-CLOTHED ICE AGENTS ARRESTED PEOPLE AT COURTHOUSES. AND THE PETITION ADDS THAT ICE WENT AFTER FIVE PEOPLE IN ALBUQUERQUE’S METRO COURT. THE RESULTS OF THAT PETITION DRIVE WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT 11:00 WEDNESDAY MORNING.
