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FILE - Sen. Moe Maestas, D-Albuquerque, sits at the House Judiciary Committee, at the Capitol on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, in Santa Fe, N.M. Democratic state Sens. Maestas and Jerry Ortiz y Pino introduced a bill Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, that would prohibit local governments and state agencies from contracting to detain immigrants in civil cases with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and private detention facilities. The bill could unwind contractual agreements that help detain immigrants at three privately operated detention centers in New Mexico within close driving distance of the U.S. border with Mexico. (Luis Sanchez Saturno/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, File)

FILE - Sen. Moe Maestas, D-Albuquerque, sits at the House Judiciary Committee, at the Capitol on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, in Santa Fe, N.M. Democratic state Sens. Maestas and Jerry Ortiz y Pino introduced a bill Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, that would prohibit local governments and state agencies from contracting to detain immigrants in civil cases with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and private detention facilities. The bill could unwind contractual agreements that help detain immigrants at three privately operated detention centers in New Mexico within close driving distance of the U.S. border with Mexico. (Luis Sanchez Saturno/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, File)

FILE - New Mexico State Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino testifies during a hearing for former Sen. Phil Griego in District Court on July 5, 2016, in Albuquerque, N.M. Democratic state Sens. Ortiz y Pino and Moe Maestas introduced a bill Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, that would prohibit local governments and state agencies from contracting to detain immigrants in civil cases with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and private detention facilities. The bill could unwind contractual agreements that help detain immigrants at three privately operated detention centers in New Mexico within close driving distance of the U.S. border with Mexico. (Jim Thompson/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

FILE - New Mexico State Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino testifies during a hearing for former Sen. Phil Griego in District Court on July 5, 2016, in Albuquerque, N.M. Democratic state Sens. Ortiz y Pino and Moe Maestas introduced a bill Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, that would prohibit local governments and state agencies from contracting to detain immigrants in civil cases with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and private detention facilities. The bill could unwind contractual agreements that help detain immigrants at three privately operated detention centers in New Mexico within close driving distance of the U.S. border with Mexico. (Jim Thompson/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)