“A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from pursuing border wall construction in the Big Bend region in Texas on Friday,” Axios reports.
“The construction inside the national park sparked local outrage and environmental concerns, with Friday’s decision handing the Department of Homeland Security a loss in its quest to rapidly expand the Southwestern border wall.”
Washington Sun: Judge slows border wall construction in Big Bend sector.
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