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.
