Government documents reveal Big Bend border wall details as opposition grows

Originally posted at Marfa Public Radio.

As federal officials remain quiet about the Trump administration’s plan for border wall building across the Big Bend region, new details are emerging from government documents distributed to landowners in the project’s path.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has in recent weeks sent letters to Big Bend area landowners outlining plans for “border barrier system construction” across 175 miles of border in Hudspeth, Jeff Davis and Presidio counties, according to copies of the documents obtained by Marfa Public Radio.

CBP has this month maintained that under the administration’s border-wide “Smart Wall” plan, the entire Big Bend region – including Big Bend National Park – could see “any combination of barrier installation, technology deployment, and road improvements.” But the agency’s communications with landowners point to plans for a lengthy stretch of physical border wall.

Read the full article at Marfa Public Radio.