Originally posted October 2, 2026
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from expanding the border wall and other security infrastructure across the Big Bend region of west Texas, where contentious plans to build roads and vehicle barriers through a popular national park have led to furious backlash and public protests.
US district judge Kathleen Cardone’s ruling after a Friday hearing in El Paso deals a major blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to expand the border wall through west Texas at breakneck pace, while riding roughshod over the objections of local business owners, landowners, public land advocates and politicians from both parties.
Plans to mar Big Bend national park with new roads and 6-ft tall vehicle barriers have drawn the most national attention since the Trump administration started advancing the border wall construction earlier this year. Images of bulldozers plowing up ground for new roads at the park in August drew outrage, prompting Rodney Scott, the CBP commissioner, to temporarily halt construction. Construction resumed in September.
Read the full article at The Guardian.
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