# Trump administration pauses contentious border construction in Texas' Big Bend National Park

https://mins.news/en/item/24460

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-17 18:29 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://bit.ly/4qspDuo

> The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing a controversial border construction project through Texas’ Big Bend National Park while the agency chief responsible for building the wall visits the state for an “on-the-ground evaluation.”

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