WORK HAS BEGUN ON A BORDER WALL REPLACEMENT IN SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO. A MONTANA COMPANY WAS AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION WORK, WHICH CHIEF BORDER PATROL AGENT AARON HULL SAYS INVOLVES REPLACING A 20 MILE SECTION OF EXISTING VEHICLE BARRIER WITH STEEL POSTS AS HIGH AS 30 FEET.
LAST YEAR IN THE EL PASO SECTOR, WHICH INCLUDES NEW MEXICO, THE BORDER PATROL APPREHENDED MORE THAN 25-THOUSAND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND SEIZED MORE THAN 17 TONS OF DRUGS.
