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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to lift halt on Big Bend border wall
The government says the Big Bend sector faces high illegal entry and wants the justices to let construction resume after a judge blocked the work.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court order halting construction of a border wall project in the Big Bend region of Texas.
- Judge Kathleen Cardone ordered the government to stop construction across the roughly 500-mile project area on Oct. 2, citing legal challenges to the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to waive environmental regulations.
- Republicans in Congress allocated $46 billion to secure the roughly 2,000-mile southwest border with 30-foot-tall steel bollard walls, vehicle barriers, and surveillance technology.
- Opponents argue the Big Bend region, a remote area, does not meet criteria for "high illegal entry," and construction could harm scenic landscapes like Big Bend National Park.
- The government argues that without the wall, illegal immigration could funnel into Big Bend, while opponents maintain that surveillance towers offer equally effective but less expensive alternatives.
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow border wall construction to resume in Big Bend region
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court injunction that temporarily blocked the Trump administration from building a border wall and related infrastructure in the Big Bend Sector.
·New York, United States
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The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal to resume the wall in Big Bend following a ruling that stopped the construction.
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