“Nothing Could Be Less Catholic” — Trump Is Suing the Church to Remove Shrine for Border Wall

Rep. Veronica Escobar’s Mount Cristo Rey Protection Act would halt the federal seizure of 14 acres of diocesan land beneath a 29-foot statue of Jesus. A week after she filed it, not one colleague has signed on.

The statue of Christ the King crowns Mount Cristo Rey at sunset above Sunland Park, New Mexico, where Texas, New Mexico, and Chihuahua meet. The Trump-Vance administration is suing the Diocese of Las Cruces to take 14 acres at the mountain’s base for a border wall.

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