Trump Administration Pauses $46 Billion Big Bend Wall Project for Texas Review
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Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 17
Trump Administration Pauses $46 Billion Big Bend Wall Project for Texas Review
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 17
Summary
Construction in Big Bend National Park has been temporarily halted while CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott travels to Texas for a personal, on-the-ground evaluation of the border project.
Scott said the pause covers all construction activity in the park, where a planned wall segment has drawn unusually broad bipartisan opposition.
Critics argue the barrier would scar a pristine national park and is unnecessary because the region’s rugged, remote terrain already deters many migrants and smugglers.
The pause interrupts a wider Trump push to rapidly spend the $46 billion Congress approved last summer for a border wall from the Pacific to the Gulf, with Scott still targeting a first layer by the end of next year.