A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE PUNISHED SANCTUARY CITIES IN THE U-S … LIKE SANTA FE … WAS DEFEATED IN THE SENATE TUESDAY. NEW MEXICO SENATOR MARTIN HEINRICH SAYS HE WAS AMONG THE LAWMAKERS VOTING AGAINST IT. SENATOR TOM UDALL ALSO VOTED AGAINST THE MEASURE.
HEINRICH SAYS IT OFFERED NO “PRAGMATIC REFORMS TO FIX THE COUNTRY’S BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM AND PUT CRITICAL FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN JEOPARDY.
THE VOTE WAS 54-TO 45 AND IT NEEDED 60 TO PASS. HEINRICH SAYS NEW MEXICO IS ROOTED IN ITS DIVERSITY.
