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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Gabby Birenbaum

Feds pausing Big Bend border construction while CBP commissioner visits the park

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott announced that his agency is pausing construction work in Big Bend National Park while he conducts an “on-the-ground evaluation,” reversing course after heavy machinery had begun moving dirt.

In a video posted to X on Monday, Scott announced that he was en route to the park and had ordered a construction pause Sunday night.

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