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NEW: Battleground State Formally Bans Sanctuary Cities
Published 19 hours ago
on May 24, 2025
By Cullen McCue
The battleground state of New Hampshire formally banned the establishment of “sanctuary cities,” which defy immigration law by refusing to allow local law enforcement personnel to collaborate with federal immigration agents, after both chambers of the state legislature moved to do so.
“There will be no sanctuary cities in New Hampshire, period, end of story,” Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte said following a bill signing ceremony at the State Capitol on Thursday. The governor signed House Bill 511 and Senate Bill 62 to ban sanctuary cities and support cooperation between state and local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.
“I said from the beginning that we won’t let our state go the way of Massachusetts and their billion-dollar illegal immigrant crisis. Today, we’re delivering on our promise by banning sanctuary cities and supporting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities. New Hampshire will never be a sanctuary for criminals, and we will keep working every day to remain the safest state in the nation,” Ayotte said.
Banning sanctuary cities was a central campaign promise for Ayotte, who previously served as the state’s attorney general before a six-year term in the U.S. Senate from 2011 through 2017. The governor frequently took aim at neighboring Massachusetts with the campaign slogan, “Don’t Mass up New Hampshire,” a reference to the deep blue state’s lenient immigration policies.
“I campaigned on making sure we would not have sanctuary cities here in New Hampshire, and we don’t want to go the way of Massachusetts that has had a billion-dollar illegal immigration crisis,” the governor told Fox News.