28-01-2023 06:33 via krqe.com

New Mexico bill could put an end to immigration detention facilities

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Local immigrant rights groups and lawmakers are pushing to end detaining migrants in New Mexico detention centers. They claim the conditions inside are inhumane, unsafe, and unsanitary.
Fernanda and Itzayana Banda's father was taken to the Otero County Processing Center for eight months in 2011 for being in the United States illegally. They added he described to them horrible conditions, including crowding and being forced to sleep on the floor.
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