Judge Rules Trump Cannot Continue Border Wall in Texas' Big Bend Region for Now
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
A federal court in Texas issued a ruling on Friday that temporarily prevents President Donald Trump's administration from building a border wall and other infrastructure in the Big Bend region. This decision marks a victory for landowners, businesses, and environmentalists in the area who have united against the proposed infrastructure projects, which are part of a $46 billion plan by the Trump administration to secure the southern border with a combination of 30-foot steel fences, vehicle barriers, roads, and surveillance technology. Judge Kathleen Cardone noted in her ruling that it was 'likely that the plaintiffs would succeed on the merits of at least one of the claims presented, that there is a likelihood of them suffering serious and irreparable harm without a court order, and that the balance of equitable considerations and the public interest weighs in their favor.' The Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Opponents of the border wall project have argued that the Big Bend region is so remote and the terrain so rugged that it serves as its own deterrent against illegal immigration, and that the U.S. government violated the law when it issued a series of waivers allowing it to bypass numerous regulations to expedite the border wall infrastructure projects. Laiken Jordahl from the Center for Biological Diversity, which filed the lawsuit, called Cardone's ruling a 'total victory.' 'They are going to send the bulldozers back until she rules on the merits of the case,' Jordahl commented. 'This is a historic day for Big Bend, for Texas, and for the Constitution.' The court's decision was announced just weeks after the U.S. government installed the first panels of the border wall in the Big Bend sector in mid-September.
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