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Just hours before the Legislature adjourned, lawmakers passed a $5.5 million economic relief package for counties and municipalities that may lose millions when contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement end.

鈥淚 can鈥檛 control what already happened,鈥� said sponsor Sen. George Mu帽oz, D-Gallup, referring to the Immigrant Safety Act. 鈥淚 understand that people want to help people, but I don鈥檛 think the economic cost was really considered.鈥�

Mu帽oz described his bill as an 鈥渆mergency鈥� measure to keep the lights on in communities like Grants and Milan that economically depend on immigration detention centers.

Mu帽oz was the only Senate Democrat to vote against the Immigrant Safety Act, saying it would tank his constituents鈥� local economy.

His reactionary bill, which was first heard just days before the end of the session, ultimately passed both chambers and now heads to the governor's desk.

Thursday evening, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's staffers confirmed that she supports the bill and plans to sign it. 

Alongside economic relief, the bill also includes millions for the Children, Youth, and Families Department as well as other miscellaneous initiatives. 

That funding amounts to $33.7 million, easily dwarfing the economic relief package for rural New Mexico.

The bill was heavily amended in its short stint, with the economic relief portion ultimately being slashed in half from $10.5 million to about $5.5 million. The cut was due to an amendment that shortened the counties鈥� eligibility for aid from two years to one.

Lawmakers argued that the money was a short-term fix to begin with and that a more robust economic development plan should be brought before the legislature next session.

Mu帽oz mostly agreed.

鈥淚'm all right with that,鈥� Mu帽oz said. 鈥淚 mean, it's better to try to help and this is a reaction. We don't know what's really going to happen.鈥�

After the Legislature adjourned at noon, Mu帽oz didn鈥檛 stick around long. Just hours after the session formally ended, Mu帽oz was nearly home to Gallup.

Once home, the hard work will begin in earnest, he said.

Trying to craft a plan with constituents to fill the economic gap the detention centers will leave won鈥檛 be easy, Mu帽oz said.

From uranium to coal, his community has seen industry after industry come and go. Mu帽oz said he wasn鈥檛 sure what will come next for small towns like his.

One thing he was certain of was that he wouldn't miss Santa Fe.

鈥淚 never smiled so much as when I saw Santa Fe in my rear view mirror,鈥� Mu帽oz said. 

Gillian Barkhurst is the local government reporter for the Journal. She can be reached at gbarkhurst@abqjournal.com.