Originally posted September 18, 2026
The Trump administration is pressing forward with construction on the controversial border wall in the Big Bend region of west Texas, even as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) faces furious backlash from local leaders and landowners for its fast-moving plans.
Construction began this week in Hudspeth county, which lies just east of the city of El Paso. CBP has been pressing landowners there to grant permission to allow the agency to erect a 30ft steel bollard border wall in that area, offering them signing bonuses as an incentive to avoid eminent domain disputes.
CBP did not announce the construction ahead of time, but a spokesperson confirmed by email that installation of the first “panels” in Hudspeth county started on 15 September. The news was first reported by the Associated Press.
Read the full article at The Guardian.
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