Border Crisis Is Personal in Battleground US House District

New Mexico’s southernmost district could decide House control
Family histories span district’s 180-mile border with Mexico

Migrants are led down a mountainous road for processing after crossing the US-Mexico border in Campo, California.Photographer: Mark Abramson/Bloomberg

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By Billy House

April 16, 2024 at 10:30 AM UTC

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New Mexico’s southernmost congressional district is home to haunts of Billy the Kid, the site of the first atomic bomb detonation and the most political turnovers in recent US House history.

This quirky and unpredictable area, which earned the nickname the “swingiest” of swing districts by changing hands each election cycle since 2018, will help determine which party wins control of the US House in November.