Texas
The administration asked the court to let the Big Bend wall proceed.
On Wednesday the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift an order that halted barriers along hundreds of miles in southwest Texas, including Big Bend National Park. Solicitor General D. John Sauer called the block baseless.
The Rocket News · National Desk · WashingtonOctober 22, 2026 · 3 min read
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to let it build a border barrier along hundreds of miles in the Big Bend region of southwest Texas, including Big Bend National Park. The New York Times and Reuters reported the emergency request. A federal judge in Texas had halted construction while a lawsuit plays out. The challengers include the Center for Biological Diversity, a river guide, and a group that says a historic adobe church in Ruidosa is threatened. The judge found that waivers issued by Kristi Noem and Markwayne Mullin exceeded their authority.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer called the lower-court decision “baseless.” He wrote that stopping the project would leave “a 300-plus-mile gap in border defenses” and “act as a dangerous magnet for cartels and other bad actors to exploit.” This note is Wednesday’s filing. It is not a ruling.
A 300-plus-mile gap in border defenses.
The photograph is August, in Study Butte, Texas, not Wednesday in Washington. A man in a straw hat and a light blue shirt speaks, one hand on a wooden rail. Around him people hold signs: NO WALL, Protect the Rio Grande, NO AL MURO. Ronaldo Schemidt of Agence France-Presse made the frame, and the Times ran it with the court story. The Supreme Court building is not in it. Neither is a wall.
Wire and further reading: nytimes.com
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