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Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico

The Trump administration ordered border wall contractors to cease drilling wells in New Mexico. Ranchers raised concerns that groundwater pumping for concrete could jeopardize their livestock during a drought.
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Monday, August 3, 2026 at 10:59 PM EDT
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