In Texas’ Big Bend, landowners dig in as a judge hits pause on Trump’s border wall

The Trump administration is proceeding with a $46 billion border wall project intended to span from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. In the remote Big Bend region of Texas, specifically in Hudspeth County, the government has begun construction with the erection of a steel barrier in mid-September.

This project has encountered significant resistance from local landowners in the Big Bend area. While the administration continues its national construction efforts, these landowners have mounted a legal and organized opposition, resulting in a judge issuing a temporary pause on the wall's development in the region.