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Landowners in Texas have filed a lawsuit against President Trump's administration to halt construction of the border wall in the Big Bend region. The plaintiffs include Conserve Big Bend and six landowners who argue that the area is not a high-traffic zone for illegal crossings; historical data shows only about 1% of border arrests occur there despite it comprising one quarter of Texas’s border with Mexico. They claim the project disregards environmental, archaeological protections, and local sentiments.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-14,
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In Texas, a group of landowners, ranchers, businesses, and the non-profit organization Conserve Big Bend have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration to halt construction of the border wall in the remote Big Bend region. The plaintiffs argue that the administration waived environmental protections in areas designated as having "high illegal entry" by the US Department of Homeland Security. Archaeologist David Keller emphasized the cultural and historical significance of the Big Bend area, saying it is more than just an empty place on a map; it is home to many residents who deeply care about its preservation. The lawsuit aims to stop the $46 billion border wall project that spans approximately 3,219 km (2,000 miles) along the US-Mexico border.
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Trump officials “were woefully unprepared for the hornet’s nest they stirred up because they had no idea how much we love this place”
left criticizes Trump administration's approach to border wall construction
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In Texas, the effort has run up against numerous lawsuits and bipartisan opposition from sheriffs, elected officials, tour guides, environmental groups and landowners.
left describes widespread opposition to the border wall in Texas
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But in the lawsuit announced on Monday, the plaintiffs argue that when it comes to the Big Bend region, that is not an accurate description. They cite historical statistics from US Customs and Border Protection showing how few people cross the border in Big Bend compared with other areas along the US-Mexico border.
left challenges the necessity of the border wall by citing low illegal entry rates
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A group of landowners, ranchers, businesses and a non-profit organisation have sued the administration of United States President Donald Trump to stop construction of a wall along the country’s border with Mexico in the remote Big Bend region of the southern state of Texas.
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Trump officials “were woefully unprepared for the hornet’s nest they stirred up because they had no idea how much we love this place”, David Keller, an archaeologist and historian who specialises in the Big Bend and lives in the region, said in a news conference announcing the lawsuit on Monday.
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construction → set → land
“For us, the Big Bend is not an empty place on the map,” he said.
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he → say → map
The lawsuit was filed by Conserve Big Bend and six landowners, with the support of dozens more people along the border.
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lawsuit → file → border
It comes as the Trump administration is ramping up a $46bn effort to line the roughly 3,219km (2,000-mile) border with a collection of 9-metre (30-foot) steel bollard walls, vehicle barriers and technology intended to keep out smugglers and migrants.
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administration → come → smugglers
In Arizona, federal officials are pushing ahead with construction of the border infrastructure, even though it cuts through land belonging to the Tohono O’odham Nation, an Indigenous tribe that has said it does not want the barrier and that it is unnecessary.
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it → push → barrier
In Texas, the effort has run up against numerous lawsuits and bipartisan opposition from sheriffs, elected officials, tour guides, environmental groups and landowners.
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effort → run → sheriffs
As part of its wall-building efforts, the administration has waived numerous regulations and statutes designed to protect the environment, archaeology or wildlife, on the basis that there is an urgent need to protect the border in what the US Department of Homeland Security has called areas of “high illegal entry”.
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Department → build → entry
But in the lawsuit announced on Monday, the plaintiffs argue that when it comes to the Big Bend region, that is not an accurate description.
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that → announce → region
They cite historical statistics from US Customs and Border Protection showing how few people cross the border in Big Bend compared with other areas along the US-Mexico border.
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people → cite → border
Big Bend has about 805km (500 miles) of border, roughly one quarter of the total length of the border with Mexico from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Bend → have → Mexico
But the region accounted for only about 1 percent of arrests, according to the lawsuit.
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