Section 36-3-2 - Purpose. - New Mexico Statutes

36-3-2. Purpose.

The purpose of the Immigration and Nationality Law Practice Act [36-3-1 to 36-3-10 NMSA 1978] is to prevent the unauthorized practice of law by nonlawyers who hold themselves out as immigration consultants rendering services in immigration, nationality or citizenship matters and who are outside pertinent federal regulations regulating the practice of immigration law.