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14 items of 1594 · updated Oct 28, 2026, 3:33 PM ET
The federal government may build a section of border wall through a South Texas wildlife refuge as the original plan stalls in court.
Source: States Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com)
H.R. 245, the Grant Integrity and Border Security Act, was referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on 2025-01-09.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
H.R. 8652, the Veterans Border Patrol Training Act, was referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on 2024-08-22.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
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Pete Hegseth reportedly authorizes DHS to test ‘heat ray’ at US-Mexico border US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth reportedly signed a memo permitting DHS to test the Active Denial System 'heat ray' for potential use at the US southern border. Source: The Guardian US theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/heat-ray-me… (link to theguardian.com)
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DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow border wall construction in Big Bend region The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court injunction that temporarily blocked border wall construction in the Big Bend Sector. Source: CBS News cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-supreme-cou… (link to cbsnews.com)
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Border Wall Construction in Big Bend Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow border wall construction in Big Bend after a lower court judge halted the plan to erect hundreds of miles of barriers in Texas. Source: The New York Times Politics nytimes.com/2026/10/21/us/politics/trump-suprem… (link to nytimes.com)
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CBP commissioner Rodney Scott says the $46bn Texas border wall project is justified amid a court-ordered pause on construction and mounting opposition.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower court injunction that temporarily blocked border wall construction in the Big Bend Sector.
Source: CBS News (cbsnews.com)
US secretary of defense Pete Hegseth reportedly signed a memo permitting DHS to test the Active Denial System 'heat ray' for potential use at the US southern border.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow border wall construction in Big Bend after a lower court judge halted the plan to erect hundreds of miles of barriers in Texas.
Source: The New York Times Politics (nytimes.com)
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to resume construction of its border wall in the Big Bend region of southwestern Texas.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow border wall construction to resume around Texas's Big Bend region after a lower judge blocked it.
Source: The Hill (thehill.com)
As a double border wall rises through Lochiel, protesters gather to defend the ancient cottonwoods and the San Rafael Valley.
Source: The Border Chronicle (theborderchronicle.com)
The Supreme Court added Blanche v. Ozurumba, a case on asylum eligibility for someone who worked as a cook for a terrorist organization, to its 2026-27 term docket.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)