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A West Texas river guide and church preservation group, along with a national advocacy group, argue in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the administration illegally bypassed a range of environmental protection laws as it plans a 175-mile stretch of border wall in the state’s Big Bend region.
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Local officials are discussing how to move forward with a wall contractor’s use of a remote county road leading to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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