One year in, new NM militarized border zone overwhelming courts, ACLU says

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: April 21, 2026

Words: 636

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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One year after U.S. Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a land swap in southern New Mexico would create a new national militarized zone to deter illegal border crossers, federal courts are swamped with thousands of criminal cases the government knows it cannot prove, according to a new report from the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.

On April 15, 2025, Hegseth and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced the transfer of land …

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