For Sale: 1 Mile Of U.S.-Mexico Border Wall

A sign near Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Part of the federal government’s border wall stands on state trust land near Santa Teresa. (SEBASTIEN VUAGNAT/AFP/Getty Images) A seven-acre strip of land along the U.S. border with Mexico has been the subject of a months-long dispute between New Mexico’s top land manager and the federal government. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has maintained a mile-long section of its border wall there for years but has never paid for its use of the land, which belongs to the state’s land trust.