Eleanor Chávez
Role at the time: Democratic state representative and lead sponsor of the Immigrant Safety Act, in an interview with the Santa Fe New Mexican
Statement summary
Rep. Eleanor Chávez, lead sponsor of the Immigrant Safety Act, said it was disappointing that the federal government and the Trump administration do not respect New Mexico laws and are going to do what New Mexicans do not want.
“While I don’t think that we’re necessarily surprised by this, it’s disappointing that the federal government and the Trump administration don’t respect New Mexico laws, and basically are going to do what the people of New Mexico don’t want anyway”
Report on ICE's notice of intent to contract directly with CoreCivic, with comments from the lead sponsor of the Immigrant Safety Act and the New Mexico Immigrant Law Center.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The reference point is ICE's sole-source contract with CoreCivic to keep detaining immigrants at the Torrance and Cibola facilities after the Immigrant Safety Act. Chávez says the plan shows the federal government does not respect New Mexico laws, which criticizes the move itself, so we labeled it Condemned. She does not say she would accept it under any condition, so Mixed or conditional does not fit.