{"id":15327,"date":"2019-12-13T11:28:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T18:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=15327"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:44:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:44:57","slug":"our-land-at-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/our-land-at-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Land: At the Border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Our Land: At the Border\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8GDp3B_QjPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>December 13, 2019 \u2013 Along the U.S.\/Mexico border in southern New Mexico, there isn\u2019t a river, or landforms, to divide the two countries. 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