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Customs and Border Protection plans to begin installing new wall panels as early as August, though portions of the project remain under review and face resistance from local communities.
WASHINGTON â The Trump administration is preparing to extend its border-wall program into one of the most remote stretches of Texas, with construction in the Big Bend region expected to begin as early as August.
The development has been promoted online as a new personal announcement from President Donald Trump. More precisely, the timetable was disclosed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials carrying out Trumpâs border-security directives with funding approved by Congress.
CBP spokesman John Mennell said the agency had been ordered to move forward under the presidentâs executive actions and the border-security money contained in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
âThe priority is to do the entire border,â Mennell told The Center Square.
The legislation provided approximately $46.5 billion for new barriers and related infrastructure. The administration calls the broader system a âSmart Wallââa combination of steel bollards, patrol roads, cameras, lighting, infrared equipment and other detection technology rather than a continuous concrete structure.
Nearly 172 miles of primary wall planned
The Big Bend program is divided into five construction segments.
According to CBPâs current timetable, the Big Bend 3 project in Presidio County would add approximately 56.3 miles of primary wall, with installation potentially beginning in August.
Big Bend 1 would cover 47.4 miles in Hudspeth County, while Big Bend 2 would add another 68.2 miles in Presidio County. Work on those two sections is expected to begin in September.
Together, the first three projects would create roughly 171.9 miles of primary border barrier. Contracts worth billions of dollars have already been awarded to several construction companies for wall and infrastructure projects across the region.
The remaining sections will rely more heavily on vehicle barriers, improved roads and surveillance equipment. Big Bend 4 and Big Bend 5 together cover approximately 173.6 miles, but CBP says they will not consist of the same continuous primary wall system planned farther west.
Uncertainty near the parks
The most politically sensitive portion of the project lies near Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park.
CBP says it does not plan to construct a 30-foot wall through Big Bend National Park. Instead, the agency intends to use roads, vehicle barriers, cameras and natural terrain in much of that area.
The plan for Big Bend Ranch State Park is less settled. Officials have said portions of the Big Bend 2 wall could connect with the park at two locations near the Rio Grande, while maintaining that construction would avoid heavily used recreational areas.
Recent CBP updates and court proceedings show that parts of the Presidio County design remain in the planning process. Installation could begin in August, but some work may be delayed until September or October.
Supporters emphasize enforcement; opponents warn of damage
Trump supporters view the project as the fulfillment of a central campaign promise. They argue that physical barriers slow illegal crossings, direct migrants toward locations where Border Patrol agents can respond and give officers better awareness of activity along isolated terrain.
Opponents are not necessarily rejecting all border enforcement. Local residents, environmental organizations and some Texas officials have argued that a large steel barrier could disrupt wildlife movement, damage culturally important land and interfere with flood-control systems along the Rio Grande.
A small Presidio County community has taken the administration to court, warning that replacing parts of an existing levee system with 30-foot steel bollards could increase flooding risks. Federal officials maintain that the project is necessary for national security and say they are still coordinating with state and local agencies.
A major expansionâbut not yet a finished wall
The Big Bend plan marks a major expansion of Trumpâs second-term border agenda into terrain long considered too isolated and difficult for extensive construction.
But the viral headline gets ahead of the facts.
Trump has not announced that hundreds of miles of wall have already been completed. CBP is preparing to begin installation, while designs, environmental questions and legal disputes remain unresolved in several areas.
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For the administration, the August timetable represents momentum toward completing a signature promise.
For communities along the Rio Grande, it marks the beginning of a much more complicated fight over where the wall will standâand what may be changed forever when it arrives.
