A coalition of over 230 Texas landowners and the nonprofit Conserve Big Bend filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection. The suit seeks to block the construction of border walls and roads in the Big Bend region by challenging the seizure of private property. Plaintiffs argue that federal waivers were illegally issued because the region does not meet the required high illegal entry threshold. The group includes ranchers and former Trump supporters who claim the project ignores actual migration data.
Editor's Analysis
Coverage is uniformly critical of the federal government, focusing exclusively on the legal challenges brought by landowners against border wall construction.
