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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Sam Karas, Big Bend Sentinel, and Perla Trevizo and Misty Harris, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

The Trump administration is facing scrutiny over its billion-dollar border wall contracts in Texas’ Big Bend region

This article is co-published with Big Bend Sentinel and ProPublica as part of an initiative to report on state and federal efforts to restrict local control.

When Tommy Fisher set out to build a section of border wall in South Texas during the first Trump administration, the project quickly became ensnared in controversy. Experts raised concerns about shoddy construction and signs of erosion.

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