Texas landowners sue Trump administration over border, Big Bend construction
Landowners face eminent domain as officials move to build a 30-foot border wall on private property, and local residents say the plan is splitting ranches and businesses.
- A legal coalition of West Texas landowners, ranchers, business owners, and the advocacy group Conserve Big Bend filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration's plans to erect 30-foot steel bollard walls and infrastructure through the Big Bend region.
- The suit challenges the Department of Homeland Security's environmental law waivers, arguing the agency unlawfully declared Big Bend an "area of high illegal entry" despite Customs and Border Protection statistics showing the sector accounts for only ~1% of all southern border apprehensions.
- Plaintiffs maintain that wall construction across the 500-mile stretch of rugged terrain will cause severe ecological degradation, destroy the local eco-tourism economy, sever access to the Rio Grande for agricultural livestock, and increase flooding risks.
- The court filing follows widespread public outrage and emergency restraining orders sparked by preliminary land-clearing inside Big Bend National Park and surrounding private properties, which prompted a temporary construction pause by CBP.
- The lawsuit is part of a broader wave of legal resistance across Texas, where rural residents and Native American groups are challenging federal "right-of-entry" land condemnations, citing damage to sacred sites and historic family ranches.
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Texas landowners are suing to stop border work through Big Bend under a $46 billion federal push; the 500-mile region has historically accounted for about 1% of arrests
In a bold stand for their land and legacy, Texas landowners and conservationists are taking legal action against the Trump administration's border wall efforts. They emphasize that the Big Bend area, known for its natural beauty, has minimal illegal crossing incidents. The lawsuit contests the rationale behind sidelining environmental protections and raises alarms about potential harm to both private properties and local ecosystems.
(Los Angeles=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Kyung-yoon = As the Donald Trump administration pushes for the construction of a massive border wall in Texas, local ranches and farms...
Texas landowners sue Trump administration over border, Big Bend construction
The “Conserve Big Bend” coalition says the administration is using its power to build a wall in among the most remote and ecologically significant land with very little border crossings.
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