SANTA FE — The New Mexico Senate passed a bill Tuesday that could shut down immigration detention centers in the state, successfully sending the legislation to the governor’s desk after nearly a decade of failed attempts.

A bill that could close immigration detention centers across New Mexico passed the state House of Representatives on Friday, putting the legislation at the official halfway point as public outcry over Immigration and Customs Enforcement's use of force continues.

Maryland lawmakers heard two bills intended to restrict the work of federal immigration officials. State Senate could vote on the bills as early as Thursday.

The New Mexico House of Representatives have started the debate clock on House Bill 9, a proposed law that could shutter Immigration Detention Centers in New Mexico. The bill is expected to pass the house, though it has fierce opponents in several legislators from rural New Mexico.

A lengthy debate over a proposal to get rid of New Mexico’s immigration detention centers pitted rural conservatives who fear lost jobs and empty main streets against Democrats who view it as a moral imperative to stop aiding the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

The pressure now moves to the House, which is in recess, as the government enters at least a limited funding lapse.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana House lawmakers passed an amended SB 76 out of committee in a 9-4 vote on Monday — a move that incorporated core elements of the “FAIRNESS Act,” which failed to receive a committee hearing in the Senate last year,

Seven House Democrats joined nearly all Republicans to pass the final annual spending bills, including the DHS measure.

Coloradans could sue federal immigration agents who violate their constitutional rights in state court under a bill that passed its first committee at the State Capitol.