New Mexico offers state facility to asylum seekers
Updated 8:15 pm CDT, Tuesday, April 30, 2019
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Dormitories at a state exposition center in Albuquerque are being offered to asylum seeking immigrants in search of temporary shelter, officials announced on Tuesday.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller, both Democrats, issued a statement that beds and kitchen space on the grounds of the annual state fair will be available to immigrants.
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