deming public schools buses u.s. citizen students residing in mexico (including the city of palomas) from the united states-mexico border to columbus elementary and to upper grades in deming. as of the 2013-2014 school year, 421 residents of palomas attend the schools of deming public schools. many children living in palomas are u.s. citizens because the u.s. federal and new mexico state policies allow women in palomas to give birth in the nearest hospital, which is in deming, on the u.s. side of the border. being born in the united states automatically confers citizenship. due to the school fees at the public schools in palomas, the english-language education, and the higher quality facilities in the deming public schools campuses, many parents resident in palomas prefer to send their children to the schools in the united states.