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Trump administration begins building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region

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Santana, R. (2026, September 18). Trump administration begins building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/trump-administration-begins-building-border-wall-in-texas-big-bend-region/article_8198b4b3-4add-5fb4-8f0a-37b325e661c7.html

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In Comstock, Texas, the Trump administration has commenced construction of the border wall in the Big Bend region, an area where the plan faced significant opposition. This marks a crucial step towards the completion of the $46 billion initiative aimed at securing the U.S.-Mexico border with walls, barriers, and other technological measures. According to Customs and Border Protection, the pace of construction across the border has doubled recently.

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The Trump administration has begun constructing sections of a border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region, marking the first major construction phase in an area facing significant opposition from local activists and conservationists. The project is part of a broader $46 billion initiative to secure the U.S.-Mexico border with walls, barriers, roads, and technology. Custom and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed that wall panel installation has started in Hudspeth County, despite protests from groups like No Big Bend Wall Coalition, which argues against the environmental impact of the construction. Local activists have been monitoring truck movements and contractor activities to document the project's progression.

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“The articles describe different stages of a larger project: one is about a lawsuit to halt construction, while the other reports on the actual start of wall construction.”

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🔮 In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott argued that the $46 billion wall project was justified despite a bipartisan coalition of landowners, local businesses and environmentalists who view it as a waste of taxpayer money that could be destructive to a region with historically low migrant crossings.

2026-10-23 · assertive framing · AP Exclusive: Trump’s border chief defends wall plans in Texas’ Big Bend despite a court setback

🔮 Nevertheless, the totals remain below previous highs established in the early 2000s and do not fulfill the administration's pledge to Congress that the surge in funding would facilitate 1 million annual deportations.

2026-10-22 · assertive framing · ICE deportations surge but still fall massively short of Trump’s campaign promises

🔮 But in the Big Bend region, the administration has run into opposition from ranchers, residents, business owners and environmentalists who argue the projects are a waste of money in an area of historically low illegal immigration and that construction could harm the region’s scenic landscapes.

2026-10-21 · assertive framing · Trump administration asks Supreme Court to lift halt on Big Bend border wall

🔮 With early voting already underway, a question worrying some voters is what role — if any — immigration enforcement officers might have at polling places through Election Day.

2026-10-02 · assertive framing · Trump administration says it has no plans for ICE officers at polls. Activists are preparing, anyway

🔮 In a notice to Congress obtained by The Associated Press, the administration said the white South Africans faced seizures of their land and other forms of persecution and would be likely to assimilate when they come to America.

2026-09-22 · assertive framing · Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 white South African refugees

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The Trump administration has started building the border wall through a west Texas section of the Big Bend region, marking the first major construction in an area of the U.S.-Mexico border where the administration’s plans have met with heavy opposition. asserted

plans → start → opposition

The start of construction marks an important milestone in the administration’s $46 billion plan to line the border with walls, barriers, roads and technology as it seeks to make good on a key campaign promise by President Donald Trump to finish the wall. asserted

it → mark → wall

And it comes as Customs and Border Protection says it has doubled the pace at which it is building the wall across the U.S.-Mexico border. asserted

it → come → border

Trump administration begins building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region

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