Midland Reporter-Telegram | CBP scraps border wall at Big Bend after outcry

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Midland Reporter-Telegram | CBP scraps border wall at Big Bend after outcry

Federal officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection have reversed course on plans for a physical border wall through Big Bend National Park.

In late February, CBP announced that the Border Patrol planned to construct a “Smart Wall,” which would include a steel bollard wall or waterborne barrier along with roads, detection technology, cameras and lighting.

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