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Las Cruces, N.M.
Coverage of Las Cruces, N.M. in the Nexus archive.
- A diocese tries to protect Its 29-Foot Jesus from Trump’s border wall
The Department of Homeland Security is using eminent domain to seize 14 acres of desert from a Las Cruces, N.M., diocese to build 1.5 miles of new wall as part of Trump’s border wall project.
- 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.