Border Patrol Commissioner Pauses $1.7B Construction Project in Big Bend After Bipartisan Concerns

Satellite Imagery Documents New Border Patrol Road Construction in Big Bend National Park

Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. Satellite images obtained and analysed by Bellingcat show over five miles of new road constructed in Big Bend National Park in southwestern Texas, part of a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) “Smart Wall” installation, which includes roads, barriers, lighting and cameras.  The project was paused earlier this week after pushback from local resi…

Waiver Power Invades National Parks?

In Big Bend, the real fight is not “wall or no wall” but whether a surveillance-and-access template can coexist with one of the nation’s most fragile protected landscapes without eroding the very values the park exists to protect. The Short Version Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has paused activity and says Big Bend will see road work, sensors, and limited vehicle barriers — not a 30-foot wall. Opposition is bipartisan and unusually creden…

Border Patrol commissioner pauses $1.7B construction project in Big Bend after bipartisan concerns

Border Patrol Commissioner Rodney Scott toured Santa Elena Canyon Wednesday after concerns from both Democrats and Republicans about construction in the region.

CBP Commissioner to visit Big Bend

CBP Commissioner to visit Big Bend Kara Gerbert M… Wed, 08/19/2026 - 17:35 In-page image(s) X Body Construction activity in Big Bend National Park began last week and is expected to pause as U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott is expected to visit the Big Bend region this week.Amid growing concerns over proposed border infrastructure, including the possibility of a patrol road across Mariscal Mountain, Glenn Smith, an…

Bipartisan Outcry Forces Trump to Pause Border Security Project in Big Bend National Park in Texas | WNYmedia Network - Buffalo, NY Reader

The Trump administration has paused construction of border infrastructure in Big Bend National Park in Texas following public criticism of the controversial project. Crews were filmed bulldozing pristine desert wilderness earlier this month, sparking rare bipartisan pushback. The construction is part of a larger plan for the Big Bend region to build hundreds of miles […] The post Bipartisan Outcry Forces Trump to Pause Border Security Project in…

GreenLatinos Relieved Big Bend Border Wall Construction Paused - GreenLatinosclosechevron-downbars

Despite the temporary halt in construction, border wall construction has already caused irreparable harm DALLAS — On Monday, 08/17, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott announced the Trump Administration has paused border wall construction at Big Bend National Park in Texas.  Following the announcement, GreenLatinos Texas State Advocate Rogelio Meixueiro released the following statement:  “We have to ask who is actual…