True, just their being in NM means they committed a crime. This is an intermediate action between AZ where under S1070 a traffic stop could trigger an inquiry about immigration status and Santa Fe where city police are completely forbidden to inquire about immigration status.
It is unclear from my reading the executive order whether it applies to all law enforcement agencies in the state, or just to officers under the jurisdiction of the State Police:
State law enforcement officers shall inquire into the criminal suspect’s immigration status, and report relevant information to federal immigration enforcement authorities.
Actually the sanctuary rule wouldn't let cops check immigration status of people they arrested for other crimes, once they assertion that the perp is an illegal then they do something about the crime of being here illegally. Before she lifted the rule however, nothing could be done to determine if the perp was an illegal or not. Applaud this woman don't question her.
Yes, it would be. The reality of the situation is that given the challenges to, and gutting of Arizona's SB1070, which could inquire about immigration status on less than an arrest, this is a workable plan.
This process has been in place in Albuquerque (Republican Mayor Richard Berry, first since the 80's) for about a year. ICE has agents in the booking area of the metropolitan jail and question everyone as to status. That eliminates the "profiling" whiners main argument, and as the person was arrested as opposed as suspected of a crime it further weakens the libs complaining.
There has been no legal challenge to this procedure, and it nets about 10-20 illegals a week IIRC.