Heinrich says federal government's contract with county expired, so it shouldn't be holding detainees there

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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A U.S. senator is calling for the shutdown of an immigrant detention center in New Mexico where the federal government has failed to get a contract extension with a local county.

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, has long criticized conditions and medical care for migrants at the Torrance County Detention Facility in Estancia, New Mexico, which is run by private contractor CoreCivic.

On Thursday, Heinrich’s office said the senator asked the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs En

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