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The Trump administration’s “Smart Wall” plan was expanded in recent days to include the potential for border wall building within Big Bend National Park, according to a map of border projects from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Big Bend area residents have started organizing against the plan.
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A preliminary federal notice says the Department of Homeland Security is moving to waive a wide range of environmental regulations to speed up “barriers and roads” building in the Big Bend region of West Texas. The waivers would include a portion of Big Bend Ranch State Park. -
Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.
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