The larger question: How many of the people currently residing in NM are LEGAL US citizens?
With the states, harboring illegals equals big $$$ from uncle sugar and human traffickers masquerading as employers and corporations. Both of the current political parties are complicit in this looting scheme also.
“How many of the people currently residing in NM are LEGAL US citizens?”
Illegals pretty much pass through, excepting Sante Fe.
We do have an absurd drug/illegals trade going on here.
Breaking Bad was based in NM for a reason.
The sad thing is NM used to be as conservative a state as there was.