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Trump administration begins construction on Texas Big Bend border wall

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says the installation of 30-foot panels was already underway along this portion of the southern border.

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  1. Texas Standard

    Construction begins on Big Bend area border wall (opens Texas Standard)

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    Texas Standard's feed description

    Part of the Trump administration’s 175-mile steel border wall through the region is now under construction in Hudspeth County, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

  2. WCBD News 2

    Trump administration begins building border wall in Texas’ Big Bend region (opens WCBD News 2)

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    WCBD News 2's feed description

    COMSTOCK, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration has started building the border wall through a west Texas section of the Big Bend region, marking the first major construction in an area of the U.S.-Mexico border where the administration's plans have met with heavy opposition.

  3. NOTUS

    Border Wall Construction Is Beginning in Texas' Big Bend Region (opens NOTUS)

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    NOTUS's feed description

    Customs and Border Protection said “border wall panel installation is underway” in Hudspeth County.

  4. KVIA El Paso

    New border wall construction begins in Hudspeth County (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    HUDSPETH COUNTY, Texas (KVIA) -- Border wall construction started in Hudspeth County, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website. It's part of the Big Bend 1 Project, which includes 47.3 miles of border wall.

  5. The Guardian

    Trump administration pushes on with construction of controversial Big Bend border wall (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Customs and Border Protection faces bipartisan backlash from locals for 30ft border wall through Texas national park The Trump administration is pressing forward with construction on the controversial border wall in the Big Bend region of west Texas , even as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) face…

  6. PBS NewsHour

    Trump administration begins building border wall in Big Bend region of Texas (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    The start of construction marks an important milestone in the administration's $46 billion plan to line the border with walls, barriers, roads and technology as it seeks to make good on a key campaign promise by Trump to finish the wall.

  7. Fortune

    Trump administration starts building border wall in Big Bend region of Texas, despite heavy opposition from landowners, businesses and ranchers (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    “We will continue to fight for this land no matter what the outcome is. We will continue fighting to the end.”

  8. The Hill

    Trump administration begins construction on Texas's Big Bend border wall (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    The Trump administration began construction on a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting through southwest Texas’s Big Bend region despite local leaders' pushback against the project. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told the Associated Press Friday that installation of 30-foot panels was …

  9. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Work begins on border wall in Texas (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    COMSTOCK, Texas -- The Trump administration has started building the border wall through a west Texas section of the Big Bend region, marking the first major construction in an area of the U.S.-Mexico border where the administration's plans have met heavy opposition.

  10. News Nation Now

    Trump administration begins construction on Texas Big Bend border wall (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says the installation of 30-foot panels was already underway along this portion of the southern border.

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