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Residents urge safer enforcement practices, request legal clinics after immigration‑related fears raised at Hobbs meeting
Summary
Several residents and community representatives used the March 3 public‑comment period to describe fear among immigrant families, urge that ICE not conduct operations in schools, workplaces or during traffic stops, and request clearer local legal information; the commission discussed organizing legal clinics and information sessions.
Speakers during the public‑comment period told the City Commission that recent immigration enforcement activity is producing fear and disrupting daily life for undocumented families and mixed‑status households in Hobbs.
An anonymous letter, read aloud by Kristen Fields, described a family of five that "arrived at Hobbs with a suitcase full of hope," and said the family's life has been replaced by "fear and anguish" because of concerns over immigration enforcement. The letter called on the commission to "make the best decision because so many of…
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