A new update to U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s plans for a border wall indicates that 30-foot wall segments will be built in two parts of Big Bend Ranch State Park. The wall segments are currently planned to be built through about 2 miles of the state park’s westernmost sections that run close to the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the CBP “Smart Wall Map”.
Planning Stages
The CBP spokesperson said that while there are “priorities for new border wall and detection technology” in and near the state and national parks, they are still in the planning stages as the agency focuses on “higher priority locations.” The Big Bend Sector is the least busy of Border Patrol’s nine sectors, as the region accounts for about 1.3% of the more than 237,000 apprehensions across the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2025.
Opposition to a wall in the region, especially in the parks, has been vocal and bipartisan, but has so far been met with little success. Several advocacy organizations and Presidio County have sued the Trump administration over the wall, arguing in two separate lawsuits that construction would have detrimental environmental impacts and increase flooding risks.
Original reporting: Texas Tribune (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
