New Mexico governor requests delay of DHS plan to send more migrants to Albuquerque

SANTA FE, N.M. — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham despatched a letter to U.S. Division of Homeland Safety Sec. Alejando Mayorkas Tuesday, requesting the federal authorities delay deliberate or expanded efforts to move migrants to New Mexico. She mentioned the plan would dramatically have an effect on the state’s capability to offer ongoing humanitarian help to wildfire aid efforts.

The governor met with Mayorkas final month, the place she requested extra wildfire catastrophe help from the federal authorities via the Federal Emergency Administration Company. The governor’s request was lately granted by President Joe Biden, who introduced that the federal authorities will cowl 100% of prices for emergency protecting work and particles removing below New Mexico’s present wildfire catastrophe declaration.

“The prevailing emergency arising from these wildfires has severely taxed the capability of our state to offer assets to non-New Mexicans. I can’t permit the governments and communities of the state of New Mexico to shoulder extra burdens falling squarely throughout the federal authorities’s purview,” the governor wrote.

Concerning the federal authorities’s plans to deal with the inflow of migrants on the southern border, the governor added:

“I’ve severe considerations relating to the Division’s readiness to deal with the inflow of people who’re poised to enter New Mexico if additional preparation shouldn’t be undertaken. Public security and well being are paramount, and I don’t consider that the Division can adequately tackle these well being and security considerations if present limitations on migrant entry are lifted.”