New Mexico issues final ruling against youth migrant shelter

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OCTOBER 22, 2019 09:11 PM, UPDATED 53 MINUTES AGO
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

New Mexico officials have issued their final decision to deny an out-of-state company's request for a migrant children's shelter in Albuquerque.

Charlie Moore-Pabst, a spokesman for the Children, Youth and Families Department, said Tuesday that VisionQuest had given the agency notice that it does not plan to further appeal the decision.

VisionQuest's application was initially denied in August. That led the Arizona-based company to initiate steps for an appeal.

New Mexico officials say they made their decision based on the finding that the company had failed to accurately describe why Pennsylvania temporarily revoked a license for a facility near Gettysburg in 2015.

Read more: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article236550303.html

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[abqtommy]

1. Ah, New Mexico I sing of thee...la la la. Many people here don't like hate and those that serve it.

I gotta like that in a state.