Originally posted June 22, 2026
A group of six former superintendents of Big Bend National Park are warning about the Trump administration’s border security plans for the park, which recently revealed details show include the construction of over 200 miles of patrol roads, vehicle barriers along stretches of the Rio Grande and a network of surveillance and lighting systems.
In a June 15 letter to Department of Homeland Security Sec. Markwayne Mullin, the former superintendents expressed their concern over the recent waiving of over two dozen federal laws to fast-track the building of barriers and roads and offered alternatives.
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