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A Diocese Tries to Protect Its 29-Foot Jesus From Trump’s Border Wall
The Catholics of Las Cruces, N.M., argue that building Trump’s border wall would violate religious freedom by damaging a mountain that hosts a 29-foot Jesus statue and has been a pilgrimage site for nearly a century.
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