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Torrance County extends ICE detention contract day after Legislature votes to ban such agreements

By Patrick Lohmann, Source New Mexico — The Torrance County Commission met for about two minutes Wednesday morning to extend an agreement allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to continue housing detainees at its local jail, a little more than 12 hours after the New Mexico Senate voted to ban such agreements.  The Torrance County […]