New Mexico city of Deming declares emergency over migrant releases

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New Mexico city of Deming declares emergency over migrant releases
Andrew Hay

TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) - The small city of Deming, New Mexico has become the latest U.S. border community to declare a state of emergency after dozens of migrants were released in the town by federal authorities seeking to cope with a surge in asylum seekers coming across the southern U.S. border.

Deming, a city of about 15,000 residents about 35 miles (56 km) north of the border, made the move on Monday after U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped off about 170 migrants, the Deming Headlight newspaper reported, citing City Administrator Aaron Sera.

The city declared an emergency “in hopes it will trigger assistance from both the federal government and state officials,” Sera said in an emailed statement on Wednesday.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-emergency/new-mexico-city-of-deming-declares-emergency-over-migrant-releases-idUSKCN1SL2WZ

So, Deming, which I vaguely know of, having traveled through there. 35 miles south is Columbus, blink and you miss it but that is where Pancho Villa raided all those years ago.

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I was in Deming a couple of weeks ago.  Nice little town, with the stress on "little". 

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Patience Wearing Thin on Residents in Town Where ‘Migrants’ Were Dropped

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The Daily Sheeple |  Sean Walton   
Published on May 27, 2019

 
A small town in New Mexico where thousands of asylum-seeking “migrants” have been dropped is beginning to question whether it can handle the influx of foreigners.

Deming, New Mexico has taken in 2,600 “migrants” in a period of two weeks, according to Wall Street Journal, and is now operating a shelter for “migrants.” The town has only 14,000 residents. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been releasing “migrants” into towns across the American southwest when their sectors are filled to capacity.

In Deming, the town has been welcoming. But some are asking questions.

https://www.thedailysheeple.com/patience-wearing-thin-on-residents-in-town-where-migrants-were-dropped/

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How about if two or three hundred armed male residents of the Deming area patrol the border, and "suggest" to those trying to come across that they go elsewhere...?

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