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Carlos E. Morales retweeted
The discovery is the latest in a series of destructive blunders along the U.S. border.
In April, border wall contractors bulldozed through a well-marked earthen etching, Las Playas Intaglio, that was believed to be at least 6,500 years old.
propublica.org/article/borde…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
Texas Governor-Elect @GinaHinojosaTX weighs in on SCOTUS decision allowing border wall construction to restart in Big Bend.
Background: nytimes.com/2026/11/09/us/po… #txlege
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
NEW: Republican Texas Land Commissioner "reaffirms commitment to Texas Sovereignty" amid SCOTUS decision allowing bulldozing of Big Bend:
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
CBP confirms in statement to @celizario for this @NPR Morning Edition story that it is "moving forward with critical border security construction" in West Texas after the Big Bend SCOTUS ruling: npr.org/2026/11/10/nx-s1-603…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
BREAKING: Texas AG Ken Paxton has dropped a lawsuit seeking to shut down El Paso’s Annunciation House, ending a nearly three-year legal fight over the migrant shelter network and its work serving people arriving at the border. elpasomatters.org/2026/11/09…
In a statement, @CBPCommissioner says with today’s Supreme Court decision, the agency is “moving forward with critical border security construction in West Texas” and will soon share details about the “updated plans” for @BigBendNPS.
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to continue with its plans to construct hundreds of miles of border barrier and security infrastructure in west Texas, while a court hearing over the effort moves forward.
My latest for @NPR
npr.org/2026/11/09/nx-s1-601…
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to continue with its plans to construct hundreds of miles of border barrier and security infrastructure in west Texas, while a court hearing over the effort moves forward.
My latest for @NPR
npr.org/2026/11/09/nx-s1-601…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
Here's the national story from here in Big Bend country, via @celizario for @NPR: npr.org/2026/11/09/nx-s1-601…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
In August, a tribe elder warned reporters. The Trump administration was racing to build a second border wall near her ancestors’ final resting place.
The construction was bound to disturb Native American remains.
She was right.
propublica.org/article/borde…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
When I asked @Flores4LandCom - now the incoming Texas Land Commissioner - how he would handle the border wall on state land he unequivocally said he would fight construction and be willing to take the federal government to court over it.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
BREAKING: @GregAbbott_TX concedes says he called @GinaHinojosaTX to congratulate her. Massive political earthquake in Texas tonight @SpectrumNews1TX
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
The plaintiffs challenging the Trump administration’s effort to build a border wall in the Big Bend region of southwestern Texas urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to leave in place an order by a federal trial judge temporarily halting the construction.
scotusblog.com/2026/10/group…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
Just in: Big Bend area border wall construction remains blocked.
Trump admin asked a judge to lift her earlier block on construction - she said no. The government has threatened to try and take the case to SCOTUS - so now we'll see if that happens: storage.courtlistener.com/re…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
Construction in the Big Bend sector is currently halted by a temporary injunction. But CBP maintains they still plan to build a wall through the sector -- which would cross GLO land. You can read my full story here 👇 insideclimatenews.org/news/1…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
Judge Kathleen Cardone released her opinion in Friends of Ruidosa Church lawsuit, after issuing a temporary injunction 12 days ago.
She writes there is evidence Big Bend does not meet the criteria for federal waivers of env. law to build the border wall.
storage.courtlistener.com/re…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
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Today is the last day to register to vote in Texas!
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Mail in your application today or turn it in in person! We do not have online voter registration!
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Carlos E. Morales retweeted
My dispatch from today’s hearing in El Paso, where federal judge Kathleen Cardone ruled from the bench that border wall construction in the Big Bend can’t proceed under existing waivers.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
El Paso, TX formally picked up 4.44" of rain last month. That's the most in Sept. since 2006, the year longtime El Pasoans remember as the "Great Flood." It's an entire monsoon's worth of rain in one month, since most rainy seasons give El Paso about 3¼ - 6½ inches of rain. #txwx
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
From a notable new court filing today in one of the Big Bend area border wall lawsuits - actual data from Big Bend National Park on the number of illegal border crossings there in recent years.
We almost never see this data - usually it's only for the whole Big Bend region:
