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politics4 days ago•2 min saved

Border Agents Arrest 10 Activists After Felling 250-Year-Old Cottonwood in Arizona

On October 5, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents dismantled a 70-day activist encampment in Lochiel, Arizona, and felled a 250-year-old cottonwood tree to clear space for a new border wall. Approximately 200 agents entered the private property, resulting in 10 arrests and 10 citations. Protesters described the operation as violent, while CBP stated environmental monitors were present and that illegal immigration poses its own environmental risks. The tree, known as 'the Grandmother,' was the last of a grove removed for the project.

via KJZZ|

#arizona #border-wall #cbp

environment4 days ago•20 min saved

Border Agents Felled Ancient Cottonwood After Two-Month Activist Standoff

After a 70-day standoff, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents dismantled a tree-sitting camp and felled a 150- to 250-year-old cottonwood tree in Lochiel, Arizona, to clear the path for a $46.5 billion border wall expansion. Approximately 10 activists were arrested and 10 others cited during the operation, which ended months of resistance against the removal of the 'grandmother' tree.

via The Washington Post|

#arizona #border-wall #cbp

us-news6 days ago•406 min saved

Federal judge halts Big Bend border wall construction, voids regulatory waivers

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on October 2, 2026, halting all border barrier construction in Texas’s Big Bend region. The ruling voids federal waivers that allowed the administration to bypass environmental laws, marking a significant legal setback for the Trump administration’s $46 billion border infrastructure project.

via NBC News|

#big-bend-national-park #border-wall #center-for-biological-diversity

politics7 days ago•128 min saved

Federal judge halts Big Bend border wall construction, voids federal waivers

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone issued a preliminary injunction on October 2, 2026, halting all border barrier construction in Texas's Big Bend region. The order stops 'ground-disturbing activities' within one mile of the Rio Grande and inside Big Bend National Park until the lawsuit is resolved. The ruling also voids federal waivers that allowed the administration to bypass environmental and cultural resource laws. The decision follows months of bipartisan opposition and comes after the first wall panels were erected in mid-September.

via AP News|

#big-bend-national-park #border-wall #environmental-law

politics7 days ago•18 min saved

Federal judge blocks Big Bend border wall construction, halting $7.5B project

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone issued a preliminary injunction halting border barrier construction in the Big Bend region, ruling that the plaintiffs' constitutional claims were likely to succeed. The order stops 'ground-disturbing activities' in the national park and surrounding areas while the lawsuit proceeds. The Center for Biological Diversity filed the suit in April on behalf of local landowners and environmental groups, arguing the five contracted projects violate separation of powers and deprive citizens of property. Although the Big Bend sector accounts for only 1% to 3% of migrant apprehensions, the Trump administration has pursued a $7.5 billion infrastructure expansion, waiving environmental laws to expedite construction. This ruling follows a separate temporary pause secured by residents in San Ygnacio, Texas, who challenged federal claims to private riverfront land.

via The Texas Tribune|

#big-bend-national-park #border-wall #environmental-law

politics7 days ago•6 min saved

Federal judge halts Big Bend border wall; San Ygnacio residents secure temporary pause

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction stopping border barrier construction in Big Bend National Park, while residents of San Ygnacio, Texas, secured a verbal halt to wall building on private land through legal challenges and direct action.

via The Guardian|

#big-bend-national-park #border-wall #dhs

politics20 days ago•396 min saved

Ground breaks on Trump border-wall push in Texas’ remote Big Bend

Construction has begun on a 47‑mile stretch in Hudspeth County, Texas, marking the first major border-wall build in the Big Bend area as part of a $46 billion initiative to fence the U.S.–Mexico border; Customs and Border Protection says wall panel installation started Sept. 15 and is averaging about 12 miles of barriers per week, but the project faces ongoing opposition from landowners, environmental groups, and local stakeholders, including lawsuits and protests over land use and sacred sites near Big Bend National Park.

via NBC News|

#big-bend #border-wall #cbp

politics22 days ago•3 min saved

Border Wall Sparks Native Rights Clash on Tohono O’odham Lands

The New York Times reports escalating tensions as a major border-wall plan would cut through the Tohono O’odham Nation’s 62‑mile Arizona reservation, testing decades of cooperation with the U.S. while threatening ancestral lands and cross‑border ties. The tribe, whose homeland straddles the U.S.–Mexico border, has adapted to prior security barriers but views this proposed wall as a potential erasure of sovereignty and heritage, illustrating a broader clash between immigration enforcement and tribal rights.

via The New York Times|

#arizona #border-wall #immigration-policy

politics25 days ago•402 min saved

Texan landowners challenge federal plan to carve border wall through Big Bend

A coalition of about 230 private landowners in Texas filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C., seeking to block the Trump administration from building border walls, barriers and roads through their land in the remote Big Bend region. The plaintiffs argue the area was wrongly designated a “high illegal entry” zone to enable government use of extraordinary powers to seize land, despite the Big Bend sector reporting the fewest border apprehensions in recent years. They say roughly 65% of the planned 609 miles would cross private property across several counties, risking access to the Rio Grande and impacting local ranching, recreation and property rights. CBP recently paused work in Big Bend National Park, with that pause expiring Sept. 30 as the lawsuit proceeds.

via NBC News|

#big-bend #border-wall #cbp

immigration1 month ago•3 min saved

Border wall work begins on Tohono O'odham land, igniting tribal objections

Construction has begun on a southern Arizona border-wall segment on the Tohono O'odham Nation within the Roosevelt Reservation, with CBP officers accompanying contractors onto tribal land. The tribe says the work trespasses on sacred land and violates sovereignty, while the government argues the area is a key smuggling corridor and necessary for security. The project, part of a $46 billion plan to erect 30-foot walls, received a court green light to proceed; the tribe is pursuing further legal action as construction continues.

via ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos|

#arizona #border-wall #cbp

politics1 month ago•3 min saved

Court extends pause on Big Bend border wall work as review continues

A federal judge in San Antonio extended a temporary halt on new ground-disturbing work tied to border-security construction around Big Bend National Park through Sept. 15 while attorneys from the plaintiffs and government discuss protections and impacts; the pause blocks dirt-moving during that period, and the case centers on whether DHS’s waivers of environmental and historic preservation laws were valid and whether the National Park Service’s authority remains intact to challenge or halt work in the park. The court will reconvene Sept. 15 for further proceedings, with on-the-ground evaluation by CBP still anticipated.

via Texas Public Radio | TPR|

#archaeology #big-bend-national-park #border-wall

politics1 month ago•6 min saved

Border wall work begins on sacred Tohono O'odham land in Arizona

Construction has begun on a 30-foot border wall segment in Arizona as part of a $46 billion effort to fortify the southern border, despite opposition from the Tohono O'odham Nation which says the work trespasses on sacred land and has sued the federal government; CBP says the desert corridor is a major smuggling route and the project is designed to close it, while a federal judge noted the work would occur within the Roosevelt Reservation buffer zone and contractors have begun soil sampling at several sites amid tribal protests.

via Fox News|

#arizona #border-wall #politics

us-news1 month ago•126 min saved

Arizona border wall construction begins amid tribal opposition

Contractors began constructing a section of the border wall in Arizona despite objections from the Tohono O’odham Nation, which says driving on tribal land constitutes trespass and alleges workers were accompanied by armed agents that blocked tribal police from intervening. The CBP defends the project as closing a major smuggling corridor through the desert, and SLSCO Ltd. is building the segment with DHS funding while the tribe pursues further legal action. No confrontations have been reported yet.

via AP News|

#arizona #border-wall #immigration

politics1 month ago•42 min saved

Texas Republicans Walk a Tight Line on Big Bend Border Plan

Texas Republicans are treading carefully on the Trump administration’s Big Bend border plan, with some leaders backing a pause and others resisting a wall through the park as Democrats press for action; the dispute features figures like Paxton and Cruz hedging, while CBP’s pause prompts calls for local input and potential tech alternatives rather than permanent barriers.

via The Texas Tribune|

#big-bend #border-wall #donald-trump

immigration1 month ago•30 min saved

CBP pauses Big Bend border project for on-site review amid park controversy

CBP paused Big Bend construction for an on-site review after heavy equipment began moving dirt, as lawmakers and locals weigh border security against protecting the park.

via The Texas Tribune|

#big-bend-national-park #border-wall #cbp