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A JOINT MEMORIAL

SUPPORTING SUNLAND PARK'S EFFORTS TO HAVE THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT ESTABLISH A VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN, NONCOMMERCIAL

CUSTOMS PORT OF ENTRY AT THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER BETWEEN

CIUDAD JUAREZ-ANAPRA, MEXICO, AND SUNLAND PARK, NEW MEXICO.

WHEREAS, Sunland Park is located at the southernmost

part of Dona Ana county, along the international border with

the Republic of Mexico; and

WHEREAS, Sunland Park has had a federal cattle crossing

designation since 1978 and is now preparing necessary

documents for consideration by the United States government to

establish a vehicle and pedestrian, noncommercial customs port

of entry in the immediate proximity of the cattle crossing;

and

WHEREAS, the establishment of a noncommercial

international border crossing at Sunland Park is part of an

overall regional master plan strategy and would dramatically

open the paseo del norte border region to binational economic

and cultural opportunities and activities; and

WHEREAS, recent studies have indicated that a border

crossing located at Sunland Park would significantly reduce

vehicular congestion and the associated air pollution now

affecting the New Mexico-Texas-Chihuahua region caused by the

international ports of entry in nearby El Paso, Texas; and

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WHEREAS, a border crossing located at Sunland Park will

enable the municipality to participate in the state's economic

development efforts by actively promoting initiatives designed

to attract trade, commercial development, tourists and

international projects that are currently channeled through

the ports of entry in Texas;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it fully endorse and support the

establishment of a vehicle and pedestrian, noncommercial

customs port of entry at the international border between

Ciudad Juarez-Anapra, Mexico, and Sunland Park, New Mexico;

and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New Mexico congressional

delegation be requested to actively assist Sunland Park's

efforts to have the federal government open a vehicle and

pedestrian, noncommercial customs port of entry in Sunland

Park; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the city council of Sunland Park and members of

the New Mexico congressional delegation.