{"id":10552,"date":"2026-10-22T04:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T04:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=10552"},"modified":"2026-10-22T04:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T04:18:08","slug":"trump-administration-seeks-supreme-court-approval-to-build-big-bend-wall-courts-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=10552","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration seeks Supreme Court approval to build Big Bend wall | Courts News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US federal judge blocked wall\u2019s construction on Texas-Mexico border amid an ongoing legal battle.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow it to resume plans to build a border wall through the Big Bend region of West Texas, as part of its anti-immigration policy to strengthen security on the border with Mexico.<\/p>\n

The Justice Department filed an emergency request on Wednesday asking the court to lift a federal judge\u2019s injunction in a lower court that has halted construction while a lawsuit against the project, brought by an environmental group and other challengers, plays out.<\/p>\n

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The Department of Homeland Security plans include vehicle barriers, patrol roads, lighting and detection technology in and around Big Bend National Park.<\/p>\n

Big Bend has about 805km (500 miles) of border, and, according to opponents of the project who have sued the administration, accounts for about 1 percent of migrant arrests.<\/p>\n

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Lipan Apache tribe member Joey Montoya attends a rally opposing border wall construction in Big Bend National Park, outside the federal courthouse during an emergency hearing on the project in San Antonio, Texas, on August 28, 2026 [File: Joel Angel Juarez\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The lawsuit<\/a>, filed by plaintiffs including the Center for Biological Diversity and a Big Bend-area river guide, seeks to preserve the landscape, protect a historic church, and challenge the federal government\u2019s waivers of environmental and historical laws to fast-track the $1.7bn project.<\/p>\n

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and current Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who issued the waivers between February and July, found the region to be an \u201carea of high illegal entry\u201d, requiring additional barriers to control the border.<\/p>\n

US District Judge Kathleen Cardone issued an injunction in El Paso on October 2 halting work \u201cuntil and unless Defendants comply with all applicable laws,\u201d she wrote in her order.<\/p>\n

In a later opinion, the judge found that the waivers exceeded the authority of Noem and Mullin.<\/p>\n

The Justice Department in its request urged the Supreme Court to pause or overturn Cardone\u2019s injunction.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court has not yet responded to this appeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven assuming that the secretary\u2019s waiver authority implicates a question of \u2018vast economic and political significance,\u2019 Congress did clearly authorize the secretary both to build border barriers and to waive legal requirements in order to facilitate their expeditious construction,\u201d the Justice Department wrote.<\/p>\n

In August, the administration paused construction in Big Bend after the project drew bipartisan criticism over its potential impact on the park\u2019s landscape and wildlife.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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