SAN ANTONIO (CN) – Attorneys for the Trump administration reached an agreement Friday with a business and nonprofit from far West Texas to extend a pause on border security construction in Big Bend National Park, giving the groups more time to raise their concerns.
News earlier this month that bulldozers were plowing through pristine habitat in Big Bend National Park sparked outcry and a lawsuit by Far Flung Outdoor Center, a Terlingua adventure guide business, and People of La Junta for Preservation, a nonprofit associated with the Lipan Apache Tribe. They seek to stop the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection from damaging land they say is vital to their livelihoods and religious practices, respectively.
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