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WEBVTT ACTION 7 NEWS. TODD: A NEW MEXICO RANCHER WHO LIVES ON THE BORDER HAS A MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, "COME TO MY LAND AND BUILD A WALL." ROYALE: ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER SHELBY CASHMAN SPOKE WITH HIM TODAY TO FIND OUT WHY HE FEARS FOR HIS FAMILY. SHELBY: THE JOHNSON FAMILY HAS OWNED A RANCH AND FAMILY FARM JUST SOUTH OF DEMING FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS. THEY SHARE AN EIGHT MILE BORDER WITH MEXICO, MOST OF WHICH IS MADE UP OF BARBED WIRE. THE FAMILY SAYS, THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH, AND THEY WANT A WALL. A HIGH SPEED PURSUIT, DOWN HIGHWAY 9 IN LUNA COUNTY. ACCORDING TO BRANDY AND RUSSELL JOHNSON, THAT IS BORDER PATROL CHASING AN SUV THAT HAS JUST CROSSED THE BORDER ILLEGALLY. AND THEY SAY, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. BRANDY: THEY WILL HAVE SOMEO GO UP AND STEP ON THE MARKET WIRE, AND THEY WILL -- ON THE BARBED WIRE, AND THEY WILL DRIVE OVER IT. SHELBY: THE JOHNSONS RANCH SHARES EIGHT MILES OF BORDER WITH MEXICO. ONLY BARBED WIRE, SEPARATING THREE OF THEM. THEY CALL THEM DRIVE-THRUS. A PRACTICE BRANDY JOHNSON SAYS IS PUTTING HER FAMILY AT RISK. BRANDY: WHEN THEY WANT TO GET AWAY, THERE IS NOTHING IN THEIR WAY. THEY ARE GOING TO BLOW THROUGH WHATEVER IT IS. SHELBY: WHAT THEY CAN’T BLOW THROUGH IS A WALL, SOMETHING THE JOHNSONS DESPERATELY WANT. >> WE WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO SEE THE FENCE BUILT ON OUR PROPERTY. SHELBY: GOP CHAIRMAN STEVE PEARCE USED TO REPRESENT THE JOHNSON’S DISTRICT. HE SAYS MANY RANCHERS RELY ON WORKERS WHO COME OVER HERE LEGALLY. BUT HE SAYS CRIMINALS ARE NOW MAKING PROMISES TO FAMILIES, THAT THEY CAN GET THEM OVER HERE FASTER. PEARCE: IF WE COULD SET UP A GUEST WORKER SYSTEM WHERE THEY COULD COME AND WORK AND GO BACK AND FORTH, THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WOULD CEASE. SHELBY: FOR THE JOHNSON’S, THE WALL IS A TANGIBLE SOLUTION, TO A DECADES OLD PROBLEM. BRANDY: WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS, DECADES. AND RIGHT NOW IT’S PURELY A POLITICAL GAME THAT WE ARE PAYING THE PRICE FOR. SHELBY: WE REACHED OUT TO GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM AND REPRESENTATIVE XOCHITL TORRES SMALL WHO NOW REPRESENT THE JOHNSONS’ DISTRICT. WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. BUT HERE IS A TWEET FROM THE GOVERNOR WHICH SAYS IN PART, AS I’VE SAID THERE EXISTS NO NATIONAL SECURITY CRISIS ON THE SOUTHWESTERN

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The Johnson family has owned a ranch and family farm just south of Deming for more than 100 years. It shares an 8-mile border with Mexico, most of which is made of barbed wire. The family said that is not good enough, so it is inviting President Donald Trump to build a wall. The Johnsons say they have seen many high-speed chases between Border Patrol agents and people who have crossed the border illegally. They call them “drive thrus.” "They will have someone step on it and they will drive over it," said Brandy Johnson-Of the 8 miles of border along their ranch, 3 miles are separated by barbed wire. The rest of the land has a vehicle barrier. "The barbed wire is the weakest link in our portion of the border, so they exploit that,” said Russell Johnson. "When they want to get away, there is nothing in their way. They are going to blow through whatever it is,” said Brandy Johnson. The Johnsons say they desperately want a wall because people can’t drive through it. "We would love nothing more than to see the fence built on our property,” said Russell Johnson. Republican Party Chairman Steve Pearce used to represent the Johnsons' district. He said many ranchers there rely on workers who come to the U.S legally. He said criminals are making promises to families that they can get them over the border, faster. "If we could set up a guest worker system where they could come and work and go back and forth, the humanitarian crisis would cease,” said Pearce.For the Johnsons, the wall is a tangible solution to a decades-old problem. "We have had this problem for years, decades. And right now, it’s purely a political game that we are paying the price for,” said Brandy Johnson.