Big Bend bulldozers advance border-security plans, sparking protests
TL;DR
Bulldozers began ground-clearing at Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park as part of the Trump administration’s multi-billion-dollar border-security expansion, despite initial CBP denials. Officials say the work is survey and prep for planned roads and vehicle barriers, but activists and some lawmakers view it as new ground for a wall and warn that environmental laws were waived to speed construction, prompting lawsuits and bipartisan backlash over the impact on the park and local access.
- ‘Devastating’: bulldozers plough through Big Bend national park as Trump’s border work pushes ahead The Guardian
- Bipartisan backlash grows as Trump administration begins to bulldoze Big Bend National Park for border wall Yahoo
- New lawsuit seeks to stop Big Bend border wall construction The Texas Tribune
- Bulldozing in Big Bend National Park Is Brazen, Even for Trump Bloomberg.com
- At Big Bend National Park, bulldozers begin clearing pristine desert land for border barrier work NPR
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