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At Big Bend National Park, bulldozers begin clearing land for border barrier work

NPR | By Carlos Morales

Published August 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM EDT

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In the Big Bend area of West Texas, contractors are beginning to set the stage to build the Trump administration's planned border wall and barriers, despite bipartisan opposition.