The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed border barrier and road construction in Texas’ Big Bend Sector to proceed while further review is sought, pausing a lower court injunction in a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s use of environmental law waivers.
The Supreme Court lifted a lower-court order that had temporarily blocked border wall and related construction in the Big Bend area of west Texas, CBS News reported. The ruling lets the Trump administration restart work while a lawsuit over the plan continues, according to WAER. KFOX reported that the vote was 8-1 and that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented; other reports did not give a vote count. KFOX also said environmental groups have warned the project could affect the desert ecosystem and wildlife.
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