Border business is booming, but there’s still room to grow

New Mexico’s Santa Teresa Port of Entry marked a record year in spite of global trade uncertainty and a slow moving congressional effort to approve the USMCA trade deal. The…

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Read more about the article Bill for increased border-monitoring tech passes U.S. House
A car pulls through the non-invasive inspection station, basically a drive-through X-ray machine, at the border crossing in San Ysidro, California. Customs officials said this week they would like to expand the use of a simiilar device at Nogales. (Photo by Josh Denmark/Customs and Border Protection)

Bill for increased border-monitoring tech passes U.S. House

A bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, known as the Securing America's Ports Act, is calling for additional resources that would allow U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to…

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NM border regions welcome new helicopter additions

New Mexican border communities will soon have additional aerial assistance available in the form of three new Blackhawk helicopters. The El Paso area fleet of the U.S. Customs and Border…

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Read more about the article Illegal border crossings still an issue for local communities
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Illegal border crossings still an issue for local communities

Illegal border crossings in the southernmost areas of NM remain high in number and costly to border communities. Other issues, like the lack cellular service, reduced numbers of border enforcement…

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