Landowners in Texas ask court to stop Trump border wall

Indigenous groups, environmentalists, and locals in several states have opposed the border wall construction.Published On 14 Sep 202614 Sep 2026A group of landowners, ranchers, businesses and a non-profit organisation have sued the administration of United States President Donald Trump to stop construction of a wall along the country’s border with Mexico in the remote Big Bend region of the southern state of Texas.Trump officials “were woefully unprepared for the hornet’s nest they stirred up because they had no idea how much we love this place”, David Keller, an archaeologist and historian who specialises in the Big Bend and lives in the region, said in a news conference announcing the lawsuit on Monday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Second US military zone along border with Mexico set up to deter migrantslist 2 of 3Tribe accuses US federal agents of ‘trespassing’ on indigenous border landlist 3 of 3US border wall construction damaged Native burial site: Government reportend of list“For us, the Big Bend is not an empty place on the map,” he said. “It is our home.”The lawsuit was filed by Conserve Big Bend and six landowners, with the support of dozens more people al...