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LAS CRUCES 鈥� In recent years, the northeast side of Las Cruces has seen a boom of development as hundreds of new homes, businesses and parks have been established and begun construction, north and south of the state highway connecting Las Cruces to Alamogordo. The area is home to elementary schools and a high school, medical services, churches and neighborhoods.

On Friday, Las Cruces City Councilor Becky Corran sat on a bench in a small city park next to Highland Elementary School and pointed toward a swath of undeveloped federal land in the middle of the area close to Sonoma Ranch Boulevard.

The city learned last month that the area is one of three possible locations for a new Border Patrol station, a surprise development in the Northrise area鈥檚 boom.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection informed the city last month that it is contemplating a new station in Las Cruces. The letter sought input on environmental impacts as part of the planning process.

If it must be built, Corran said, a densely populated area where families congregate and where ongoing development requires a ready supply of workers is the worst option.

鈥淵ou鈥檒l never hear me say, 鈥楴ot in my backyard,鈥� ever 鈥� except today,鈥� she told the Journal.

In a March 4 letter, the agency informed City Manager Ikani Taumoepeau of the project and solicited the city鈥檚 input regarding environmental impacts, permitting and other requirements relevant to site selection, construction and operations.

鈥淭he purpose of the new station is to accommodate the addition of new agents and personnel to increase border security within the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) El Paso Sector (EPT), Las Cruces BPS Area of Responsibility (AOR), with an ultimate objective of increasing the probability of apprehension of those that have entered the U.S. illegally,鈥� CBP Environmental Protection Specialist John Petrilla wrote in the letter, accompanied by a map with three potential project sites.

Last year鈥檚 budget reconciliation bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, included a $165 billion appropriation to the Department of Homeland Security with $4.1 billion for hiring thousands of new Border Patrol agents and customs officers.

CBP maintains a station north of downtown, not far from Corran鈥檚 neighborhood, and has operated in the city since 1924. The station sits among businesses and close to school zones on N. Main Street, sandwiched between a Walgreens and a Lowe鈥檚 home improvement store. Green-and-white Border Patrol vehicles routinely enter and exit the station, which has ready access to N.M. 70 and Interstate 25.

Corran said community fears of federal immigration agents have spiked over aggressive detention operations and violence, a point she also made in a two-page response submitted to Petrilla asking the agency to consider a site in a remote or industrial location instead.

鈥淲e know that increased CBP presence results in people not going to work and reducing the capacity to build new homes,鈥� Corran said. 鈥淭he idea of kids not coming to school, lowered attendance 鈥� for mixed-status families, this just wreaks havoc on our daily lives and our ability to live peacefully and happily.鈥�

The other two proposed sites are on the opposite side of town, on land north of Interstate 10 and west of the city. Either site would place the station near the Fairacres and Picacho Hills communities, county fairgrounds and Las Cruces International Airport. The sites are also close to land considered for a potential ancestral land exchange between the New Mexico State Land Office and the Mescalero Apache.

A station here would be located a little more than 20 miles from the Border Patrol鈥檚 highway checkpoint on the westbound side of I-10.

City Councilor Johana Bencomo posted an appeal on social media for public comments addressed to Petrilla by a Saturday deadline and urged CBP to consider locations away from any location 鈥渨here children and families congregate.鈥�

鈥淭here is no ideal place for them,鈥� Bencomo told the Journal. 鈥淚deally, we wouldn鈥檛 live in a militarized border community, but this is the reality.鈥�

She acknowledged that some residents expressed support for Border Patrol in response to her post and at a district town hall she held earlier in the week; but Bencomo said even some supporters agreed that the middle of town adjacent to an elementary school was not a good location.

The city issued a statement saying it 鈥減lans to respond to the request for environmental information as appropriate鈥� and did not comment on any of the proposed sites.

CBP spokesperson Landon Hutchens referred the Journal to Petrilla鈥檚 letter and said the agency had no further comment on the project.

Algernon 顿鈥橝尘尘补蝉蝉补 is the Journal鈥檚 southern New Mexico correspondent. He can be reached at adammassa@abqjournal.com.