The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to require law enforcement to cooperate with immigration authorities last week in a landslide bipartisan 351 to 6 majority.
The February 6 vote also carried without debate.
When she was elected last year, Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte pledged to put an end to sanctuary policies and charged the legislature with moving quickly on the issue. Ayotte also said she would not “MASS up” New Hampshire after seeing how badly her neighboring state was mired in illegal migrants and illegal drug trafficking.
The state Senate quickly obliged the governor by tackling the issue during its first days in session. Senate Bill 71, called the Anti-Sanctuary City Act, passed in January, which, like the House bill, also requires state and local law enforcement to cooperate with legal ICE detainers and other immigration laws.
“We in New Hampshire don’t want sanctuary cities because they are going to bring in an element we don’t want: We want public safety,” said bill sponsor Republican Sen. Bill Gannon in January.
Both the House and Senate bills would prohibit sanctuary jurisdiction policies.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/02/10/new-hampshire-house-passed-anti-sanctuary-bill-landslide-vote/