https://freerepublic.com/tag/catholiccartels/ en-us Fri, 15 May 2026 17:11:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4379419/posts The federal government last week revealed it intended to use eminent domain to wrest a 1.3-mile stretch of New Mexico borderland from the Catholic diocese for a border barrier, but church officials in federal court filings Friday argued that doing so would violate their religious freedom. The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol first announced last summer that it intended to build a border wall along the southern skirt of Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park, which the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces owns. Officials told Source NM at the time that site “was a major human smuggling infiltration site... The Albuquerque Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4379419/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2026 17:11:59 GMT