Judge halts contentious border construction in and near Texas’s Big Bend National Park

A federal court issued an injunction on Friday preventing the Trump administration from carrying out planned border construction in the Big Bend region of Texas, including areas in and around Big Bend National Park. The order, authored by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone, blocks the government from building a border barrier or related infrastructure and from engaging in any construction or ground-disturbing activities in the specified area.

Judge Cardone, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush, set the terms of the prohibition in her written order. The decision came in response to a legal challenge brought by plaintiffs opposed to the administration’s construction plans. The text of the ruling makes clear the court’s immediate restriction on physical work in the region.

The injunction affects planned federal activity in a sensitive conservation and public-land setting and will prevent crews from initiating or continuing ground-disturbing operations there while the litigation proceeds. The order represents a judicial intervention that halts the administration’s ability to implement the challenged construction measures in that portion of the border.

Further developments, including any appeals or subsequent court actions, were not detailed in the material provided.