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State engineer denounces ‘outrageous’ federal waiver of New Mexico water laws to build border wall
States Newsroom · October 7, 2026
The chief lawyer for New Mexico’s Office of the State Engineer told legislators this week that the state is pushing back against the Trump administration’s announcement of a “waiver” of all the state’s laws and regulations regarding the use of groundwater to aid construction of a border wall. U.S. Department of…
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