Republicans, residents vent frustration over border security at Deming event
DEMING – In a departure from previous border security meetings that have convened periodically in Grant, Hidalgo and Luna counties, a meeting held in Deming Saturday featured no representatives from the U.S. Border Patrol or other law enforcement agencies. There were also no congressional staff representatives present.
Instead, the meeting at Deming's First United Methodist Church was a venue for residents to express frustration over human trafficking, increased apprehensions of migrants at the border, and immigration policy.
Hundreds packed the church's gymnasium. When asked to call out their places of residence, attendees named counties all over New Mexico, plus many from Arizona and El Paso.
The event's organizer, Russ Howell, is the Luna County Republican Party chair.
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