United States District Judge Kathleen Cardone issued an emergency injunction blocking the Trump administration from continuing work to construct vehicle barriers, patrol roads, and accompanying lighting in the West Texas Big Bend Sector. The ruling, handed down in El Paso on Friday, also halts any construction or ground disturbance within Big Bend National Park in remote West Texas.
\n\nCardone issued the order after considering witness testimony in a case brought against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin by Friends of the Ruidosa Church et al. The case challenges the federal government’s use of waiver authority related to environmental law to speed completion of the project.
\n\nLaiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate for the Center for Biological Diversity, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, issued a statement on the injunction, saying, “This is a historic victory for Big Bend and everyone who loves this wild corner of Texas. No administration has the right to destroy a crown-jewel national park for political theatre. With a federal court ordering the bulldozers to stop, Big Bend gets to breathe. But this fight is far from over. We won’t rest until Big Bend’s environmental protections are fully restored and the illegal waiver that allowed so…
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