Bipartisan Group of Texas Lawmakers Critical over New Border Wall Big Bend Region Construction
Environmental groups and longtime residents say the bulldozing damages protected land as construction continues on the border wall, officials said.
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Texas state lawmakers urge Abbott to help stop CBP barrier construction in Big Bend National Park
Dozens of Texas lawmakers earlier this week urged Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to put a stop to the Trump administration’s plans to build border barrier installations at Big Bend National Park. In a letter to Abbott on Thursday, 44 state lawmakers from both parties asked the governor to “swiftly use every available avenue” to call…
CBP chief reaffirms border wall is not being built at Big Bend parks
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said the agency will not build a 30-foot wall or install stadium lighting through Big Bend National Park, Big Bend Ranch State Park or the Black Gap Wildlife Management Area.
The photo shows undocumented immigrants waiting to breach a barbed wire fence on the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, on September 25, 2023, to cross into the United States. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
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