The Governor of NM, Susanna Martinez, has tried to have the legislature pass a new law stopping licenses for illegals, but since the legislature is controlled by Democrats, nothing gets done.
It has nothing to do with NM citizens wanting this program to continue. In poll after poll, NM citizens say they want this repealed. The legislature’s phones were crashed, as was the email server due to the volume of phone calls and emails about this issue during the last legislative session.
Those people were far different from what comes across the border now. Never once was anything ever stolen back in the 50's when I worked on farms and ranches with Mexicans. Now-days, that's no longer true.