Originally posted July 14, 2026
James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, slammed the Trump administration’s plan to build a 175-mile stretch of border wall in the Big Bend region at a campaign event in Sanderson on Monday, calling the project “corrupt.”
Talarico’s criticism of the border wall plan centered on the multiple billion-dollar construction contracts that have been awarded for the project, and the fact that the remote corner of West Texas is one of the least trafficked regions along the southern border.
“ A border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption,” Talarico said to a crowd gathered at the Desert Air Motel. “The construction of this useless wall has already been filled with no-bid contracts and backroom deals.”
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