Protesters in Lochiel, Arizona, are staging a tree sit to prevent the destruction of a 200-year-old cottonwood tree by federal contractors building double border walls along the Mexico border.
The Trump administration ordered border wall construction crews to stop drilling new groundwater wells in New Mexico following concerns from ranchers that heavy pumping for concrete production during a severe drought could destroy their livestock operations.
The Trump administration ordered CBP to halt new well drilling for border wall construction in drought‑stricken New Mexico after ranchers warned groundwater extraction could devastate livestock. Contractors had drilled eight illegal wells on federal land.
A small Texas town, Presidio, is suing the Trump administration over its plan to build a border wall through a levee system, arguing it could cause flooding and that the government is not following legal requirements. A federal court hearing addressed the dispute, with a ruling expected soon.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces is suing the Trump administration to prevent the use of 14 acres of church land for a border wall, citing potential desecration of a nearby Jesus statue and sacred site.
A lawsuit filed by Presidio, Texas, against the Department of Homeland Security claims Trump administration border wall construction could cause devastating flooding by compromising an existing levee. The suit argues the administration is altering federal flood-control works without proper permission.
Landowners and officials in Texas' Big Bend area oppose a planned 175-mile border wall, citing environmental, cultural, and economic concerns, despite federal eminent domain proceedings.
Indigenous leaders decry the US government's rapid border wall construction, which is desecrating sacred Native American sites and cultural heritage, including Kuuchamaa Mountain and the Las Playas Intaglio.
Indigenous leaders are protesting the destruction of sacred Native American sites by U.S. border wall construction, citing the desecration of Kuuchamaa Mountain and a 1,000-year-old geoglyph in Arizona. Contractors are blasting and bulldozing culturally significant areas despite pleas from tribes and waived environmental laws.
