Trump Administration Begins Building Border Wall in Texas’ Big Bend Region
CBP said a 47-mile Big Bend project is moving ahead as landowners sue to block the wall plan.
- On Thursday, Customs and Border Protection reported that wall panel installation is underway in a 47-mile stretch of Hudspeth County, Texas, known as Big Bend 1, marking the first major construction in the remote area.
- President Donald Trump's $46 billion initiative to line the 2,000-mile border with barriers includes this project, fulfilling a key campaign promise to finish the wall.
- Earlier this week, landowners and the Big Bend Wall Coalition sued the administration, claiming the waiver of federal environmental laws for the project is illegal and seeking an injunction to stop construction.
- CBP reported building an average of 12 miles of barriers a week across the 2,000-mile border, recently hitting a milestone of 200 miles of new barriers since the second Trump administration took office.
- Activists, including board member Clara Bensen of the Big Bend Wall Coalition, vowed Friday to continue opposing the projects, stating the organization will fight to the end regardless of the outcome.
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Border Wall Is Beginning in Texas’ Big Bend Region
“The Trump administration has started building the border wall through a west Texas section of the Big Bend region, marking the first major construction in an area of the U.S.-Mexico border where the administration’s plans have met with heavy opposition,” the Washington Sun reports.
The Trump administration began building the border wall in an area in western Texas, in the Big Bend region, which is the first major construction work in an area of the U.S.-Mexico border where administration plans have faced a strong opposition, reports AP.
Santa Maria Times
Independent EspañolCOMSTOCK, Texas, USA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s government has begun to build the border wall across a stretch of western Texas in the Big Bend region, marking the first major construction project to be...
Trump begins Big Bend border wall project amid fierce west Texas opposition
The Trump administration has started installing border wall panels in west Texas's Big Bend region. The move advances its wider border build-out while intensifying resistance from landowners, activists and environmental groups.
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