Despite the temporary halt in construction, border wall construction has already caused irreparable harm
DALLAS — On Monday, 08/17, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott announced the Trump Administration has paused border wall construction at Big Bend National Park in Texas.
Following the announcement, GreenLatinos Texas State Advocate Rogelio Meixueiro released the following statement:
“We have to ask who is actually benefiting from these billions of dollars in border contracts, and who will be left paying the environmental bill long after the bulldozers are gone. The damage to the frontera isn’t just what we can see the day a federal truck clears vegetation. It’s what happens years later when wildlife no longer returns, migration routes are permanently altered, river ecosystems are fragmented, and communities are left with infrastructure that can change how water moves through their own neighborhoods.
Our border communities are already being asked to do more with less. Families in the frontera continue to face challenges accessing safe, reliable water, while the federal government is willing to spend billions on unnecessary barriers. In places like Presidio and Big Bend, where the landscape itself has historically been a powerful deterrent, we have to ask whether this is really about security or about creating another pipeline of public money for a small number of contractors. The people who live along the border deserve clean water, healthy ecosystems, and a voice in decisions that permanently reshape their communities.” - Rogelio Meixueiro, GreenLatinos Texas State Advocate.
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