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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Santana

In Texas’ Big Bend, landowners dig in as a judge hits pause on Trump’s border wall

Border Wall Landowners - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Across the southern border, the Trump administration has been moving ahead with a $46 billion border wall project.

But in Texas’ Big Bend region, the administration has run up against intense opposition from landowners. That resistance is complicating President Donald Trump’s signature infrastructure project in a fight that has become a test of just how far the administration will go to fulfill its vision of a fortified southern border.

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