Trump administration pushes on with construction of controversial Big Bend border wall

CBP began installing 30-foot steel bollard panels in Hudspeth County, Texas on September 15, part of a push to extend border wall into the remote Big Bend region using $46.5 billion in congressional funding. More than half of roughly 400 affected landowners have joined a coalition disputing eminent domain, leaving construction as scattered, isolated fencing sections rather than a contiguous…