<P> Deming's economy is based on transportation, real estate, agriculture, energy, retirement, tourism, and the United States Department of Homeland Security . United States Border Patrol vehicles comprise a large fraction of Deming area road traffic . </P> <P> Deming is the only major stop on Interstate 10 between Lordsburg, 60 miles (97 km) west, and Las Cruces, 60 miles (97 km) east . Deming is also the closest major town to Silver City, 50 miles (80 km) north, and it provides access to Chihuahua, Mexico, via the village of Columbus, New Mexico, 30 miles (48 km) to the south . Deming also sits astride one of the major railroad lines linking the East Coast with the West Coast . (via the Southern Route) </P> <P> In 2006, this city's role in American homeland security expanded . Deming's industrial park became the home of a Border Patrol training center, a 10 - acre (4.0 ha) forward operating base named Border Wolf that supported Operation Jump Start . These temporary buildings at the airport have since been disassembled and removed . </P> <Ul> <Li> In Cormac McCarthy's second Border Trilogy novel, The Crossing, Billy Parham heads for Deming after returning to the U.S. from his second trip to Mexico </Li> </Ul>

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