{"id":540192,"date":"2018-03-09T07:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T14:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=540192"},"modified":"2018-03-09T08:35:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T15:35:48","slug":"dunn-decries-federal-land-grab-of-state-land-on-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2018\/03\/dunn-decries-federal-land-grab-of-state-land-on-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunn decries &#8216;federal land grab&#8217; of state land on border"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_540196\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 771px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-540196\" src=\"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dunn-Aubrey-771x579.jpg\" alt=\"Aubrey Dunn\" width=\"771\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dunn-Aubrey-771x579.jpg 771w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dunn-Aubrey-336x252.jpg 336w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dunn-Aubrey-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dunn-Aubrey.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dunn-Aubrey-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Courtesy photo<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn posting a sign on the state land on Tuesday.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>New Mexico\u2019s state land commissioner said he will block the United States government from accessing some state lands along the border unless they can come to an agreement on access to the area.<\/p>\n<p>The newly-minted Libertarian, who is running for U.S. Senate, posted signs Tuesday along a mile of state trust land along the border with Mexico.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"module align-left half type-aside\">\n<h3>About this article<\/h3>\n<p>This article comes from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nmpoliticalreport.com\/811705\/dunn-decries-federal-land-grab-on-state-land-near-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Mexico Political Report<\/a>,\u00a0a nonprofit news organization\u00a0focused on promoting a greater public understanding of politics and policy in the state of New Mexico.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In a press release, he called the construction of fences and roads on the land a \u201cfederal land grab.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He told the Associated Press\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/national-politics\/article203710584.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his office would install a fence to block access to the property<\/a>\u00a0if his office can\u2019t come to an agreement with the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Dunn said an investigation by his office found the federal government constructed a road and a fence on a stretch of land without acquiring the necessary right-of-way.<\/p>\n<p>Dunn wrote to the federal government about state lands along the border, and proposed a land swap,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nmpoliticalreport.com\/149917\/149917-en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy repeated requests for compensation are ignored, therefore I\u2019m shutting down the federal government just as I would shut down any business trespassing on State Trust Lands,\u201d Dunn said in a statement. \u201cBorder security is important, but so are our kids and they have a right to collect the money earned from the lands they own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Border Patrol did not directly respond to Dunn\u2019s move or statements, but an official did issue a statement.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. Customs and Border Protection is diligently evaluating the concerns outlined by the New Mexico Land Commissioner\u2019s Office and will contact them directly to address their concerns. \u00a0CBP values its relationship with the New Mexico state trust lands,\u201d the official said. \u201cAn important part of CBP\u2019s strategy to successfully secure the nation\u2019s borders includes developing and leveraging partnerships and dialogue with state and local stakeholders to ensure that the unique operational needs of each region are effectively met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Mick Rich, was quick to attack Dunn for it, calling it a \u201cstunt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAubrey Dunn should be ashamed of himself,\u201d Rich said. \u201cHe\u2019s endangering New Mexico\u2019s border region residents just to get his name in the paper. What a typical career politician.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dunn ran for the 2nd Congressional District seat in 2008 as a Republican but lost in the primary, and lost a state senate race in 2012. His role as land commissioner is his first elected position.<\/p>\n<p>Dunn has targeted the federal government more frequently in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/1139761\/25m-sought-from-air-force-over-wind-farm-reduction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dunn previously called it \u201cmilitary tyranny\u201d<\/a>\u00a0that U.S. Air Force training flights would block the construction of dozens of wind turbines on state trust land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico\u2019s state land commissioner said he will block the U.S. government from accessing some state lands along the border unless they can come to an agreement on access to the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":540196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3323,140],"class_list":["post-540192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-aubrey-dunn","tag-border-and-immigration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}