BREAKING: "CBP Commissioner says wall construction will be paused in Big Bend National Park after a massive, non-partisan outcry has taken Texas and the nation by storm. For the first time in weeks, the machines are quiet.
This is welcome news, but they will likely commence with destruction again soon. DHS has lied to us every step of the way about this project. We can't afford to let up the pressure. We won't rest until the contracts are cancelled, the waivers of law are rescinded and the bulldozers are sent packing for good," said Laiken Jardahl, a public lands advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity.
U.S. environmental and cultural-protection laws should safeguard the wild — but the Trump administration has waived many of them to limit environmental review, accountability, and public participation for its border-wall projects.
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