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🌱 Why is CBP seizing land near Santa Teresa for new barriers?

Santa Teresa, New Mexico Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Why is CBP seizing land near Santa Teresa for new barriers?

Today's riddle: Why do optometrists live so long? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Turning out cloudy and warmer, with a high of 79 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Monday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, temps: high: 83, low: 59.
  • Tuesday: Cloudy and increasingly windy, with a high of 75 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• U.S.-Mexico Border Update: big court cases, ICE-Border Patrol budget bill, third-country deportations (wola.org) — A major border-policy roundup notes that U.S. Customs and Border Protection has moved to condemn seven acres of state land near Santa Teresa, west of El Paso, to build new border barriers. The piece mainly tracks national court fights, deportation trends, and wall construction controversies across the border region, but this land action could shape future infrastructure right in Santa Teresa’s backyard.
   

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  • End of the week and end of major repairs and renovations to house.
    Need some exterior plater work and interior but not immediately. Looking to check out any senior day trips but did not find info. Nice now to relax… (Nextdoor Edgemont)
  • Monti Inc posted a job opening for Second Shift Punch Press Operator (PUNB) in Santa Teresa. Apply here.
  • Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores posted a job opening for Retail Customer Service Cashier in Santa Teresa. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Santa Teresa here.

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because they dilate. (Thank you Phil M. for sending it in!)
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