New Hampshire’s Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte has signed a bill that bans so-called ‘sanctuary cities’ in the Granite State, in direct contrast to her neighbors to the south in Massachusetts, and to the east in Maine.
All of New England is fairly liberal, but New Hampshire has a reputation for maybe not being conservative but definitely having a libertarian streak.
Ayotte actually ran on the sentiment embodied in this new law.
NBC News in Boston reported:
House Bill 511 and Senate Bill 62 ban sanctuary cities and support cooperation between state and local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.
During her campaign for governor last year, Ayotte used a “Don’t Mass it up” slogan to rail against more liberal Massachusetts to the south, including a pledge to ban sanctuary cities, which limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Ayotte’s office put out this press release:
Sanctuary Cities Banned in New Hampshire
Today, Governor Kelly Ayotte signed House Bill 511 and Senate Bill 62 to ban sanctuary cities and support cooperation between state and local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.
Governor Ayotte released the following statement after signing both bills into law:
“I said from the beginning that we won’t let our state go the way of Massachusetts and their billion-dollar illegal immigrant crisis. Today, we’re delivering on our promise by banning sanctuary cities and supporting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities. New Hampshire will never be a sanctuary for criminals, and we will keep working every day to remain the safest state in the nation.”
This was a smart move.
Sanctuary cities are now BANNED in New Hampshire. pic.twitter.com/NMlrJiUPuL
— Governor Kelly Ayotte (@KellyAyotte) May 22, 2025
Many people speculated that New Hampshire might go red in the November election. They failed to do so, but at least they elected Ayotte.
New Hampshire has absorbed so many transplants from Massachusetts that it may never go red again in a presidential election.
(Image:Source)
Read the full article here