New Hampshire’s Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte has signed a invoice that bans so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ within the Granite State, in direct distinction to her neighbors to the south in Massachusetts, and to the east in Maine.
All of New England is pretty liberal, however New Hampshire has a repute for perhaps not being conservative however positively having a libertarian streak.
Ayotte really ran on the sentiment embodied on this new legislation.
NBC News in Boston reported:
Home Invoice 511 and Senate Invoice 62 ban sanctuary cities and help cooperation between state and native legislation enforcement and federal immigration authorities.
Throughout her marketing campaign for governor final yr, Ayotte used a “Don’t Mass it up” slogan to rail towards extra liberal Massachusetts to the south, together with a pledge to ban sanctuary cities, which restrict cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Ayotte’s workplace put out this press release:
Sanctuary Cities Banned in New Hampshire
At the moment, Governor Kelly Ayotte signed Home Invoice 511 and Senate Invoice 62 to ban sanctuary cities and help cooperation between state and native legislation enforcement and federal immigration authorities.
Governor Ayotte launched the next assertion after signing each payments into legislation:
“I stated from the start that we received’t let our state go the way in which of Massachusetts and their billion-dollar unlawful immigrant disaster. At the moment, we’re delivering on our promise by banning sanctuary cities and supporting legislation enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities. New Hampshire won’t ever be a sanctuary for criminals, and we are going to preserve working on daily basis to stay the most secure state within the nation.”
This was a wise transfer.
Sanctuary cities are actually BANNED in New Hampshire. pic.twitter.com/NMlrJiUPuL
— Governor Kelly Ayotte (@KellyAyotte) May 22, 2025
Many individuals speculated that New Hampshire would possibly go purple within the November election. They failed to take action, however a minimum of they elected Ayotte.
New Hampshire has absorbed so many transplants from Massachusetts that it might by no means go purple once more in a presidential election.
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