Update: New Mexico City Allows Construction of Border Wall on Private Land

New border wall being constructed by We Build the Wall in the El Paso metropolitan area on May 24, 2019. Courtesy of We Build the Wall, Inc.

A New Mexico city issued permits to a company to build a section of border wall on private land, days after issuing a cease-and-desist order.

Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage’s nonprofit We Build the Wall Inc. and contractor Fisher Industries were erecting the bollard-style fencing in Sunland Park over the weekend but the city said its application wasn’t complete and issued the order.