AS STATE LEGISLATORS IN SANTA FE INTRODUCE A BILL TO PREVENT PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM BUILDING A WALL ON THE BORDER IN NEW MEXICO WITH OLD MEXICO … STATE LAND COMMISSIONER AUBREY DUNN PROPOSES TRADING TRUST LAND ALONG THE BORDER FOR THE WALL. HE SAYS THE LAND WOULD BE IN EITHER OTERO, CHAVEZ, OR LINCOLN COUNTIES … BUT DOESN’T THINK IT’LL GENERATE A LOT OF MONEY.
STILL, DUNN SAYS WHATEVER THE STATE WOULD GET FROM TRADING THE LAND WOULD BRING IN REVENUE THAT COULD BE USED FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO.
DEMOCRATIC STATE REP JAVIER MARTINEZ DOESN’T THINK THE WALL IS IN THE PUBLIC’S INTEREST AND INTRODUCED A BILL TO STOP SELLING OR TRANSFERRING STATE LAND FOR THE WALL.
