By ACLU New Mexico
MEDIA CONTACT
Micah McCoy, (505) 266-5915 x1003 or mmccoy@aclu-nm.org
Censored News
June 7, 2019
MEDIA CONTACT
Micah McCoy, (505) 266-5915 x1003 or mmccoy@aclu-nm.org
Censored News
June 7, 2019
SUNLAND PARK, NM - Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico called on the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) to block We Build the Wall, a crowdfunded organization led by anti-immigrant extremists Steve Bannon and Kris Kobach, from constructing a private border barrier across public property administered by IBWC. We Build the Wall recently announced that it had constructed a steel gate across a federally owned road adjacent to the private parcel of land where they have constructed a half-mile section of steel border fence. The gate, which was installed prior to receiving proper permits from IBWC, blocks access to public land containing Monument One, a monument listed on the National Register of Historic Places which has marked the international boundary between New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico since 1855.