Berry aims to reform ’sanction city’ policy

or richard berry back when he was running for mayor he said he would go after policies that make albuquerque a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants but now mayor berry says he won t be doing anything - at least for the time being today misa maruyama asked the mayor s spokesperson if
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05 00 pm berry might be changing his tune she s live downtown with our top story - misa when mayor richard berry ran for office — he promised to change what he called the sanctuary city policy but a 2007 legal settlement could block him for now rember this promise i will go after the so- called sanctuary city policy mayor chavez has put in place according to the berry administration — chavez announced a new policy in august of 2007 officers would not ask about a person s immigration status — no matter what then five hours later the chavez administration reportedly changed its tune saying officers could only ask about immigration status if a person is behind bars or a suspect the berry administration says that s caused confusion he still wants to change that policy because he doesn t think the current policy is effective or clear albuquerque city councilman ken sanchez says
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05 01 pm he doesn t think the mayor can do that he says a federal judge recommended the city put the policy into place in 2007 after a lawsuit i see no confusion at all this is what the courts have ordered again if we re in non- compliance i think we will have some legal issues we ll have to contend with as a city mayor berry wants a-p-d to fall in line with the bernalillo county sheriff s office if deputies suspect someone they are arresting is in the country illegally –they can notify their supervisor who can then tell the feds it s not an immigration issue it s about giving our officers the tools so they know what they have a right to do and not the right to do the city says it s holding off on any policy change — until the new city attorney is chosen