Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume border wall construction in Big Bend region

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume border wall construction in Big Bend region

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to resume building a border wall and other infrastructure through a remote area of West Texas while litigation over the project moves forward.

In an unsigned decision, the high court agreed to lift a district court's injunction that temporarily stopped construction of the wall and related infrastructure in the Bend Bend sector, which covers more than 500 miles of the southern border and includes Big Bend National Park.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said she would have denied the Justice Department's request for emergency relief.

In its decision, the Supreme Court said in part that the lower court's order delays construction of the border barrier and roads in the Big Bend region and "impedes the Government from advancing its 'compelling interests' in border security and integrity."

The Trump administration had asked the Supreme Court last month to step into the legal fight over the border wall in the Big Bend region and argued that the halt ordered by U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone frustrated its a...