US Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume border wall construction in Texas national par
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump’s administration can resume construction of a border wall with Mexico in an area of Texas that includes Big Bend National Park, despite an ongoing environmental lawsuit.
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The decision overturns a temporary injunction issued by a federal judge in early October, which had halted construction while courts considered legal challenges to the project.
The planned construction has faced opposition from local authorities, environmental organizations and some Republican politicians in Texas.
The lawsuit was brought by the environmental organization Center for Biological Diversity, a river guide working in Big Bend National Park and a group seeking to preserve a historic church in Ruidosa, Texas.
The group argues that construction activities could damage the church, which is built from fragile sun-dried clay bricks.
The plaintiffs also challenged exemptions granted by the US Department of Homeland Security to accelerate the construction of roads and border barriers in and around Big Bend National Park.
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The Trump administration had asked the Supreme Court to intervene through an emergency request.
“The government’s interests outweigh the alleged aesthetic, recreational, and environmental harms presented by the plaintiffs,” the Supreme Court stated in its ruling.
