Immigrant rights groups call for aggressive action from state legislature to prevent mass deportations

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The legislative proposals from Martinez and the immigrant rights groups include limiting state employees' sharing of sensitive information with outside organizations to prevent drivers license data from in turn being shared with ICE through data brokers.
50% : Somos Un Pueblo Unido and Focused Futures will publish a report in December that shows how third-party data brokers are selling information from New Mexico to ICE, said Marcela Diaz, executive director of Somos Un Pueblo Unido.
43% : Friday at the Roundhouse, Martinez and representatives from Somos Un Pueblo Unido, El Centro de Igualdad y Derecho, Santa Fe Dreamers Project, New Mexico Immigrant Law Center and the Semilla Project announced policy proposals that include no state resources for enforcing federal immigration laws and restricting state and local governments from contracting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for civil immigration detention.
27% : "Disrupting family status and the economy, inhumane, cruel, unfair, discriminate policies that are illegal on their face -- we are not going to cooperate in any way in that effort," Lujan Grisham said.Republican Party Chair of New Mexico Steve Pearce said Lujan Grisham needs to cooperate with Trump.

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