A border wall construction site.
A portion of border wall under construction in the Big Bend region, near Sierra Blanca, Texas, in September 2026. Photograph: John Locher/AP
A portion of border wall under construction in the Big Bend region, near Sierra Blanca, Texas, in September 2026. Photograph: John Locher/AP
US supreme court clears way for Trump’s border wall in Texas’s Big Bend

Ruling said law enacted by Congress reflects preference for border control over environmental and recreational harm

The US supreme court has allowed Donald Trump to continue his administration’s construction of a border wall in Texas’s Big Bend region, including parts of Big Bend national park.