Big Bend border barrier opponents pack Texas Parks and Wildlife hearing in Austin
Hundreds of people attended the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission's annual public hearing in Austin on Wednesday to ask that federal border barriers be kept off state park land in far West Texas [1]. The turnout followed bulldozers entering Big Bend National Park, and included former parks agency officials, law enforcement officers and former state officeholders [1][3]. The Trump administration has targeted both Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park for border security infrastructure since Trump returned to office in January 2025, saying the region needs measures against illegal immigration, while a bipartisan group of elected officials is pushing to stop the plan [2].
Sources
- feeds.texastribune.org · Texas Parks and Wildlife commissioners inundated with border wall concerns during annual meeting Aug 19, 2026
- feeds.texastribune.org · What to know about possible border barriers in Big Bend Aug 18, 2026
- houstonpublicmedia.org · Opponents of Big Bend border construction take protest to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Aug 20, 2026
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