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Mary K Cantrell retweeted
“Outside the courtroom, the news of U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone’s determination was met with tears, hugs and applause.”
@mkcant reports for @MarfaRadio: marfapublicradio.org/news/20…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
New: ruling is out halting Big Bend border construction: “Defendants SHALL NOT build border barrier or related infrastructure, or
engage in any construction or ground disturbing activities, in the Big Bend Sector until and
unless Defendants comply with all applicable laws.”
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
Today six landowners and the nonprofit Conserve Big Bend, representing an additional 230 landowners, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's border wall plans for the region.
@MarfaRadio's @mkcant reports for @NPR: npr.org/2026/09/14/nx-s1-596…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
“The river is such a part of life here. It’s just not the kind of thing that somebody who’s from here would say: ‘Oh, let’s wall ourself off from the river,'" says Frank Briscoe, an architectural conservator who owns land just north of the San Ygnacio Bird and Butterfly Sanctuary. texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
If you've found yourself confused about what the hell is happening with the wall: the video team at @TexasMonthly got me, @sammiecarrots, and @Forrest4Trees on CAMERA to explain what is actually going on in the Big Bend texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
Welp we've reached the point in the Big Bend border story where social media AI slop accounts with 1.1 million followers have picked it up. This'll be productive and surely lead to better AI search results for when people google this important story. Anyways follow @MarfaRadio
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
Contractors for the Trump admin's $1.7 billion border vehicle barriers and roads project have arrived in Big Bend National Park, as Texas Dems urge the admin to pause the project. Latest from @MarfaRadio: marfapublicradio.org/news/20…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
If you are one of the reporters who put out a "BIG BEND WALL PROJECT CANCELLED 🤪" story in the past few months –– ensuring that the comment section on anything I write is a nightmare –– I will personally show you around the park so you can see how extremely NOT CANCELLED it is
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
My story –– a records pull suggests Barnard only started communicating with the state AFTER a @mkcant story teased agreements between CBP & Trans Pecos Ice for housing, mining and water. (None of that stuff showed up in the docs, just the use of a shed.) bigbendsentinel.com/2026/07/…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
Lawyers for DHS claimed in filings that the agency hadn’t approved final Big Bend area wall plans, but internally only talked about one design. Crazy FOIA pull by @mkcant marfapublicradio.org/news/20…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
A recent lawsuit said the Trump administration violated a federal law as part of its Big Bend area border wall plan. The admin responded by waiving that law so it doesn't have to follow it.
Story from @mkcant and @MarfaRadio: marfapublicradio.org/news/20…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
“A vote by Hudspeth County officials this week that gave a construction company access to local roads revealed the deep divide between West Texas residents over how to move forward with the proposed border wall in the area.”
From @mkcant @MarfaRadio: marfapublicradio.org/news/20…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
A co-founder of the global lifestyle and outdoor brand YETI is one of the owners of a sprawling West Texas ranch that's been involved in construction activities related to the Big Bend area border wall.
Story from @MarfaRadio: marfapublicradio.org/news/20…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
DHS has been handing the bulk of their record-smashing border wall contracts to two companies, one with a long history of fraud and allegations of shoddy construction. The latest from me, @Perla_Trevizo and @msweetharris propublica.org/article/trump…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
Confused about Big Bend area border wall plans? Can't blame ya.
Here's a big picture look at where it all stands right now, from @MarfaRadio: marfapublicradio.org/news/20…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
Plans are underway for a 500-person "man camp" that would house workers for the Trump admin's Big Bend area border wall. Latest sign that the wall plan is indeed moving forward. From @mkcant & @MarfaRadio: marfapublicradio.org/news/20…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
Another sign of Big Bend area border wall plans moving forward in earnest this week. Story from @mkcant for @MarfaRadio: marfapublicradio.org/news/20…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
Got a comment from a CBP spokesperson on this today:
"The smart wall interactive map is being updated and will go live again shortly. Due to the ongoing DHS shutdown and the resulting strain on resources, some updates may take slightly longer than usual."
Adding to the confusion: a map of border wall projects randomly disappeared from a CBP website last week and is still gone this morning - though it's apparently still active at this separate link: experience.arcgis.com/experi…
Mary K Cantrell retweeted
The Trump admin has a new tactic to try to speed up border wall construction in the RGV.
They're offering landowners a "signing bonus" to begin building before the years-long eminent domain process plays out -- and with no guarantee it will.
texasobserver.org/trump-new-… via @jlbuch
