Thousands in Texas protest against border wall through national park: ‘big love for Big Bend’

Protesters gather at the capitol in Austin, Texas, to rally against an expansion of the border wall in Big Bend. Photograph: Roque Planas/The Guardian

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Thousands of people gathered at the steps of the Texas capitol on Saturday to protest against the construction of a border wall through Big Bend, in a show of bipartisan opposition to the White House’s plans.