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Big Bend Border Pause and Local Voices | Salt Lake City News
Border construction in Big Bend National Park has paused for two weeks after local officials and environmental advocates voiced fierce opposition, prompting U.S. Customs Commissioner Rodney Scott to meet with stakeholders and consider scaling back the project—possibly by using existing roads and burying fiber-optic cables instead. Locals describe the disruption as devastating, calling bulldozers “the earth crying,” while distrust remains high despite Scott’s pledge to review community input alongside national security needs. A federal court hearing in August could decide the project’s fate…
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