Originally posted November 9, 2026
Today, November 9, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ruling by a federal judge in El Paso that halted construction along the southern border in the Big Bend Sector.
The construction pause was ordered after bulldozers and excavators began breaking ground in Big Bend National Park in August, which included bulldozing new roads and destroying native vegetation and wildlife habitat.
The Supreme Court wrote an 8-1 unsigned opinion, in which it granted the Trump administration’s request to pause that order—in other words: to allow construction to resume.
Read the full article at Our Public Lands and Waters.
Photo credit Natalie Newman.
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