His ranch boundary is 35 miles from the border? Are you sure of that? Just because the town mentioned is that far from the border does not mean his ranch is. Along the border it is nothing to travel 50 miles to town, I have to travel that far- in fact that is common and some near me travel 100 miles to get to a town of any size.
Giving the location of a ranch is a tricky thing, it is common to name the nearest town of any size but that may not be close at all. I have lived on remote ranches all my life and never lived anywhere near the closest town to me.
If his property is not actually on the border they should not have all that technology on his property without his permission. The biggest gripe where I live is the BP does not actually patrol the border. We need to build a wall on the border, and get Border Patrol back on the actual border to patrol and secure the actual border.
the article states his ranch is 35 miles from the border