Map shows border wall progress as new work begins

A live CBP map details border wall progress as construction begins in West Texas amid legal challenges and local opposition.
KWTX

Border wall through Big Bend state park in “planning stages” as updated map includes 2-mile barrier

(TEXAS TRIBUNE) - A new update to U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s plans for a border wall indicates that 30-foot wall segments will be built in two parts of Big Bend Ranch State Park, the latest ...
The Guardian

‘It’s massive destruction’: outcry in Texas over waivers to allow border wall in Big Bend national park

Despite plunging border crossings, the Trump administration is circumventing laws to expedite building in a vast, pristine wilderness The Trump administration has waived a slew of environmental and ...
NPR

At Big Bend National Park, bulldozers begin clearing pristine desert land for border barrier work

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas – At the foot of Santa Elena Canyon – perhaps the most iconic and photographed stretch of Big Bend National Park – Joan Stutts Escamilla sits in silence by the edge of ...
New York Post

Trump admin briefly pauses contentious border project in Texas’ Big Bend National Park

The Trump administration on Monday said it is temporarily pausing construction of a segment of border wall in Texas’ Big Bend National Park amid concerns it is unnecessary and would blight the scenic ...
CNN

Bulldozers rip into Big Bend National Park, driving anger and heartbreak

The towering cliffs, jagged mountain tops, and punishing desert climate of the Big Bend region in Texas have long proved to be the best barrier the United States could have with Mexico. For ...
Outside

“Warfare on the People.” Big Bend Residents Fear the Border Wall Will Cut Off Public Lands.

Pink survey flags run through the mesquite along the Rio Grande in Texas, marking the line where a new road will go. A javelina, the pig-like mammal that ranges across this desert, stands at the edge ...
KSAT

Construction at Big Bend National Park’s Chisos Basin halted

“Since the project’s approval and budget allocation in 2019, unforeseen challenges, including design complexities and implementation delays, have significantly extended the timeline,” the notice ...
U.S. News & World Report

Trump Administration Will Bypass Environmental Laws for Border Project in Big Bend National Park

Trump Administration Will Bypass Environmental Laws for Border Project in Big Bend National Park The Trump administration is once again bypassing federal environmental laws to speed up work on border ...