Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\nBurrows, a Lubbock Republican, said in a statement to The Dallas Morning News this \u201cconversation is ultimately about culture, opportunity, and the right to choose a path that reflects the shared values of the Permian and Delaware basins.\u201d The Legislature will meet in 2027.<\/p>\n
\u201cSoutheast New Mexico deserves a real voice in its own future, not one dictated by Santa Fe,\u201d Burrows said. \u201cIt\u2019s a conservative, energy-rich region with a fierce independent streak, and West Texas has shown what\u2019s possible when you respect oil and gas, protect property rights and trust local communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
New Mexico residents along the border have long pointed out their political disconnect with the state\u2019s Democratic-led capital, Santa Fe. In January, New Mexico Republicans Randall Pettigrew and Jimmy Mason introduced a measure that would allow voters to decide to secede from the state.<\/p>\n
Pettigrew told the Albuquerque Journal earlier this year he was motivated by tensions between the oil-rich conservative southeastern counties and the state\u2019s leadership. In February, Burrows signaled support for that bill, writing on X, \u201cTexas would gladly welcome Lea County back to Texas, where it rightfully belongs.\u201d<\/p>\n
The New Mexico bill died without getting a hearing.<\/p>\n
Texas and New Mexico have a long history together. When Texas seceded from Mexico in the 1830s and briefly became a country, it claimed a large swath of what is now New Mexico. It gave up claims to the disputed land in 1850.<\/p>\n
In his order, Burrows asked the legislative committee to complete a detailed analysis of the state and federal statutes needed to initiate the annexation process.<\/p>\n
The border is not likely to change anytime soon, as it would require Congressional approval, but it is likely to appeal to some pro-seccessionists in Texas.<\/p>\n
Former Roswell Mayor and state Rep. Dennis Kintigh told the Santa Fe New Mexican that he supports the idea, but is not optimistic it will happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think secession is a fantasy,\u201d he said, \u201ca fun fantasy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas lawmakers plan to study the possibility of annexing a chunk of its western neighbor. Texas House Speaker…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[88336,287,27,29,28,88337],"class_list":["post-228441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-news-mexico","tag-politics","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tp-texas-legislature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}