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LTDT announcements and coverage, plus background reporting on the Big Bend border wall.
Let Texans Do Texas
Let Texans Do Texas letter to Texas state and federal officials
LTDT sent its proposal to Senators Cornyn and Cruz, Governor Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Patrick, Speaker Burrows, other state leaders, and the Texas delegation in the U.S. House.
New advocacy group calls for Big Bend border security fund in lieu of wall
Let Texans Do Texas, a newly formed nonprofit, is asking state and federal officials to create a $2 billion fund for border security in the Big Bend region instead of the planned federal border wall. By Mary Cantrell.
Read the story →Background Articles
Selected coverage of the Big Bend border wall, newest first. Updated October 23, 2026.
Trump asks US Supreme Court to allow Big Bend border wall construction
The administration’s effort to overturn the injunction halting construction.
Judge halts border barrier construction in Big Bend
Local reporting on Judge Cardone’s preliminary injunction.
Businesses in the Big Bend region team up to push back against border wall
The economic consequences and growing business opposition.
Construction begins on Big Bend area border wall
Reporting on the first installation of steel wall panels in Hudspeth County.
Inside West Texans’ Relentless Fight Against Big Bend Border Wall Contractors
An in-depth feature on local resistance and the divisions created by construction contractors.
Texas landowners ask a court to stop Trump’s Big Bend wall plans
National coverage of Conserve Big Bend’s landowner lawsuit and bipartisan opposition.
What to know about possible border barriers in Big Bend
A comprehensive, data-rich explanation of the proposed projects, immigration statistics, local opposition, and legal challenges.
Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’
The threat to ancient Indigenous rock art and cultural landscapes in the Lower Canyons region.
Cornered by Big Bend backlash, Texas Republicans tread carefully around Trump
An examination of Republican criticism and the emerging bipartisan resistance.