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- CBP chief Rodney Scott announced on August 17 that construction in Big Bend National Park is paused for evaluation.
- Over 100 protesters gathered in Santa Elena Canyon chanting “no road, no wall, no wire, no way.”
- Activists occupied a 200-year-old cotton-wood tree near Patagonia, Arizona, saying it blocks wall removal.
- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed in 2025, allocated $46.5 billion to finish President Donald Trump’s border wall.
