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The Guardian - US
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Cecilia Nowell and agency

Trump administration pauses border construction in Big Bend national park

group of people outside hold up signs in protest
People protest the plans by the Trump administration to build a section of the border wall in Study Butte, Texas, on Saturday. Photograph: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images

Construction on a US-Mexico border project in Big Bend national park has halted, the Trump administration said Monday, as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) evaluates the controversial project in Texas.

“CBP is pausing all construction activity in Big Bend National Park while I visit and conduct a personal, on-the-ground evaluation,” CBP’s head, Rodney Scott, wrote in a social media post.

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