Supreme Court allows border wall construction to resume in Big Bend

newsNov 9, 202617845

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to resume construction of border barriers and related security infrastructure in the Big Bend region of west Texas, pausing a temporary injunction issued by a federal judge in El Paso and permitting work to continue while litigation proceeds. In an unsigned five-page order the court said the judge lacked authority to block the project and wrote that the injunction "thus impedes the Government from advancing its 'compelling interests' in border security and integrity," with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson the sole dissenter. The opinion says federal law permits the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to waive environmental and conservation protections to expedite border construction, a point the court framed as favoring rapid work over the harms plaintiffs allege. The El Paso injunction had halted plans for 30-foot-tall steel barriers, patrol roads, surveillance systems and other infrastructure; the administration had sought emergency relief in late October, warning a gap in defenses in Big Bend would become "a dangerous magnet for cartels and other bad actors." The Center for Biological Diversity, a local nonprofit preserving a historic border church, and a landowner brought the lawsuit, arguing the plans are unconstitutional and would cause "irreparable" harm. Environmentalists and local residents have warned the project would damage Big Bend National Park's canyons, desert landscape, Indigenous sites, wildlife and the region's tourism economy; Laiken Jordahl of the Center for Biological Diversity said the decision "greenlights the contractors and allows the bulldozers to come roaring back into the region." Construction may proceed immediately but the underlying legal challenges will continue in lower courts.

Ro Khanna

@rokhanna.bsky.social

The Supreme Court let the bulldozers back into Big Bend National Park today. It's Stephen Miller's first day as chief of staff. Texas ranchers oppose this wall. A Bush-appointed judge blocked it. In January, Democrats run Congress. I will vote to cut off every dollar for it.

5383d ago

calirn.bsky.social9

These are public lands. They don't belong to Trump or the SCOTUS. Can the people sue to stop this? One thing is certain, any company that razes our public lands should be shunned. We will find out who they are.

❤️🫀 momo (heartily good bad) 🫀❤️4

but we need something like, right now since he's bulldozing the nation

Dr. Strangepork3

Save Texas lands & our National Parks @dallasnews.com @houstonchronicle.com

thriftpunk.bsky.social2

Rep Khanna: PLEASE RUN FOR SPEAKER. You'd be awesome and I think most Americans would support it, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU ARE AIPAC-FREE!!! Your country needs you. Please put The People before the Party. F! Jeffries, he's a feckless, traitor (BFF with Kusner and AIPAC shill) and a rube.

beauandpercysmama.bsky.social2

And you are supporting Jeffries, despite him being beholden to AIPAC and he has secret “affordability” meetings with Jared Kushner. It’s seriously disappointing and disqualifying.

la-crystal.bsky.social1

Vought will probably need to be removed or he'll use his money-moving-magic to misappropriate funds.

AltYellostoneNatPar

@altyellonatpark.org

Well the supreme court just threw Big Bend National Park under the bus. It'll all be reversed in just a few months but in the mean time they're going to destroy as much as possible. Unbelievable. And the SCOTUS is going to put their stamp of approval in it. www.natgeomaps.com/ti-225-big-b...

593d ago

Katy Padilla Stout

@katy4congress.bsky.social

See my full statement on SCOTUS's decision to allow Trump to restart construction at Big Bend. No wall at Big Bend. Not now. Not ever. The moment I am sworn into Congress in January, I will fight for the people of TX-23. I will defend the Bend.

463d ago

Lisa 🇨🇦

@pinkmouse.bsky.social

Absolutely shameful. Fuck the SC. The SC on Monday allowed the Trump admin to continue construction of a wall along the southern border in the Big Bend region of SW Texas, including within a national park. #BigBend #Texas #BorderWall #Blues

323d ago

Natty🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🏐🏈🐕🐴📎4

That’s who I want impeached

Dr. Fledermaus4

Expand the Supreme Court, and add term and age limits!!! MAGA is a disease! We will fix the spread of it AND measles, because we are decent human beings.

Dawn 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸🫣3

It’s like they are just asking for age and term limits to be applied. Fuck them and all the destruction they have wrought.

Joyce Glennon1

TY for this. I'm not surprised at any of Trump's evil acts.

flyovercountry76.bsky.social

@flyovercountry76.bsky.social

The "government's interest" is based on a LIE. Big Bend has NATURAL DEFENSIVE WALLS. The Rio Grande there flows through a CANYON with STONE WALLS in a desert wilderness. THERE IS NO HUMAN MIGRATION THERE and that is DUE to "aesthetic and environmental" conditions that roads will destroy.

333d ago

Bloomberg News

@bloomberg.com

The US Supreme Court let Trump’s border wall construction resume in Big Bend National Park, overriding environmental objections in a key win for the president

183d ago

davemc5192.bsky.social4

His steel ‘Wall’, if built here, will make no difference whatsoever to illegal border crossings But it WILL, blight yet another of our diminishing natural landscapes

Mel H3

This is a tragic and disastrous environmental decision. Also, an affront to the people of Texas and Mexico.

Jeroen 🇪🇺🇺🇦3

Obviously, they are as racist as mr orange is. They’re just enabling his idiotic agenda.

Josh Busby

@busbyj2.bsky.social

Terrible news. I hope folks will help defend Big Bend. Can't be the last word. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/09/u...

263d ago

Common Dreams

@commondreams.org

"The damage done to Big Bend will be felt for future generations of Texans and Americans, and this administration will bear responsibility for the natural heritage we lose.”

213d ago

KellyK🌺

@azkellyk.bsky.social

The Supreme Court temporarily allowed construction to resume while the litigation continues. Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only dissenter. cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-trump-border-wall-big-bend/

163d ago

Bruce Little

@brucedlittle.bsky.social

🔴 The Supreme Court today allowed King Trump to move forward with construction of his border wall in the remote Big Bend region of southwest Texas. Construction there had been challenged by an environmental group and locals who say it would damage the environment and historic sites.

163d ago

The Wall Street Journal

@wsj.com

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to proceed with construction of a border wall along a 300-mile stretch in southwest Texas, rejecting arguments from preservationists. on.wsj.com/3Xf4Kbc

93d ago

Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷

@vero1986.bsky.social

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to build border barrier in Big Bend National Park despite bipartisan backlash "We are killing a gnat with a sledgehammer and wasting a colossal amount of money," said Texas Judge Greg Henington, a Republican. He is right. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

93d ago

The Border Chronicle

@theborderchronicle.bsky.social

Devastating news from the Supreme Court today. The justices ruled that contractors could continue the destruction of the iconic Big Bend region to build a border wall. They wrote “The Government’s interest … outweighs any aesthetic, recreational, and environmental harm alleged by,” the challengers.

53d ago

Glenn D Stockard

@gdstockard.bsky.social

This is one of the reasons that people along the border that voted for Trump in 2024 turned away in 2026. He is taking private property and destroying everything.

63d ago

@janettes-999.bsky.social

SCOTUS cleared the way for the DJT regime to resume border wall construction in the Big Bend region of TX, a blow to bipartisan opponents. Landowners and business owners in the Big Bend region, environmentalists, and others were bitterly disappointed with the ruling.

43d ago

3 sources

nytimes.comSupreme Court Allows Construction of Trump’s Border Wall in Big Bend (Gift Article)npr.orgSupreme Court says border wall construction can continue in west Texas nbcnews.comSupreme Court paves way for Trump to build a section of his border wall in the Big Bend area of Texas

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Supreme Court allows border wall construction to resume in Big Bend

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