SANTA FE, N.M. – New court records in a lawsuit claim New Mexico probation officers shared private information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), leading to four people being deported.
The State Ethics Commission filed the lawsuit last year against Corrections Secretary Alisha Lucero.
The commission claims the New Mexico Corrections Department shared probationers’ information, including immigration status, with ICE.
The commission says that violates the Nondisclosure of Sensitive Personal Information Act.
Court records show alleged communication between federal agents and state probation officers. Some records show ICE agents asking for probationers’ addresses, where they work and case information. Other records show coordination tied to arrests.
A judge in Santa Fe is now handling the case.