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The Trump administration has requested the Supreme Court's permission to resume construction of a border wall through the Big Bend region of West Texas. This follows a federal judge’s injunction that halted work on the $1.7 billion project, which includes vehicle barriers, patrol roads, lighting, and detection technology in and around Big Bend National Park. The Justice Department argues that former Homeland Security Secretaries issued valid waivers to expedite construction despite legal challenges from environmental groups concerned about the ecological impact of the wall.

Written by AI on 2026-10-22, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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As of October 21, 2026, the Trump administration requested the Supreme Court to lift an injunction halting construction on the Big Bend border wall project in Texas. The Justice Department argued that a 1996 federal immigration law grants the secretary of homeland security the authority to waive legal requirements necessary for constructing physical barriers along the southern border. This request aims to resume building walls, vehicle barriers, and surveillance technology across approximately 500 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas's Big Bend region. However, opponents, including ranchers, residents, business owners, and environmentalists, argue that this area has historically low illegal immigration rates and that construction could harm scenic landscapes. The current injunction was issued by Judge Kathleen Cardone on October 2, 2026, halting all activity until further legal proceedings conclude.

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“The articles refer to related actions by the Trump administration regarding the Big Bend wall but describe different occurrences: one is about an emergency request filed with the Supreme Court, and the other is an interview defending the project despite opposition.”

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The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow it to resume plans to build a border wall through the Big Bend region of West Texas, as part of its anti-immigration policy to strengthen security on the border with Mexico. asserted

it → ask → Mexico

The Justice Department filed an emergency request on Wednesday asking the court to lift a federal judge’s injunction in a lower court that has halted construction while a lawsuit against the project, brought by an environmental group and other challengers, plays out. asserted

lawsuit → file → group

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tactics → ask → elections

The Department of Homeland Security plans include vehicle barriers, patrol roads, lighting and detection technology in and around Big Bend National Park. asserted

plans → include → Park

Big Bend has about 805km (500 miles) of border, and, according to opponents of the project who have sued the administration, accounts for about 1 percent of migrant arrests. Landscape, historic church The lawsuit, filed by plaintiffs including the Center for Biological Diversity and a Big Bend-area river guide, seeks to preserve the landscape, protect a historic church, and challenge the federal government’s waivers of environmental and historical laws to fast-track the $1.7bn project. Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and current Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who issued the waivers between February and July, found the region to be an “area of high illegal entry”, requiring additional barriers to control the border. US District Judge Kathleen Cardone issued an injunction in El Paso on October 2 halting work “until and unless Defendants comply with all applicable laws,” she wrote in her order. uncertain

she → have → order

In a later opinion, the judge found that the waivers exceeded the authority of Noem and Mullin. asserted

waivers → find → Noem

The Justice Department in its request urged the Supreme Court to pause or overturn Cardone’s injunction. asserted

Department → urge → injunction

The Supreme Court has not yet responded to this appeal. “Even assuming that the secretary’s waiver authority implicates a question of ‘vast economic and political significance,’ Congress did clearly authorize the secretary both to build border barriers and to waive legal requirements in order to facilitate their expeditious construction,” the Justice Department wrote. asserted

Department → respond → construction

In August, the administration paused construction in Big Bend after the project drew bipartisan criticism over its potential impact on the park’s landscape and wildlife. asserted

project → pause → landscape

Trump administration seeks Supreme Court approval to build Big Bend wall

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