For eight weeks, our journalists at the @minnesotareformer.com have been reporting from the front lines of the federal government's immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities.

Newly released data shows sharp decline of inmates at New Mexico ICE facility  • Source New Mexico The apparent decline coincides with an expired contract at the facility and bucks the norm of ICE facilities nationwide seeing increases.

That the Estancia ICE facility would lose detainees as it operates without a contract is “striking,” said immigration attorney Zoe Bowman. "The Trump administration is doing absolutely everything they can to detain as many people as possible and fill ICE detention beds,” she said.

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Senior Reporter, Source New Mexico • States Newsroom

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Sponsor of NM immigrant privacy bill ‘outraged’ at alleged collusion between state probation and ICE • Source New Mexico The commission alleges probation officers lured at least three immigrants with long ties to New Mexico to their offices under false pretenses for Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainment.

The Ethics Commission lawsuit's allegations, if true, could violate a law the Legislature passed earlier this year that prohibits state employees from sharing private personal information, including immigration status, with non-state actors, including ICE.

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