Immigrant Families, Faith Leaders, Victims and Civil Rights Advocates and Business Leaders Urge County Commission to Reaffirm Bernalillo County as an Immigrant Friendly County
"Albuquerque— In the wake of executive orders issued by the Trump administration that create a blueprint for mass deportation in addition to an uptick of ICE activity targeting Albuquerque’s immigrant communities in past weeks, immigrant and refugee families, faith leaders, victims and civil rights advocates and business leaders urged the Bernalillo County Commission to vote in favor of a resolution reaffirming it’s status as an Immigrant Friendly County. The resolution was passed on a bi-partisan vote with Commissioners Hart-Stebbins, O'Malley, Quezada, and Talbert voting in favor and Commissioner Johnson being the sole vote against."