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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

Planned Trump border wall near Texas national park could create flooding risk, suit says

Trump administration plans to build parts of the border wall near Big Bend National Park could expose a small town to “potentially devastating” flooding, a federal lawsuit argues.

The suit, filed Wednesday by the municipal development district of Presidio, Texas, against the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, claims that the administration plans to replace an existing earthen levee protecting the area with segments of the 30-foot-tall concrete border wall.

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