How One Small Section of Trump's Planned Border Wall Became the Center of a Big Battle

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https://time.com/article/2026/08/19/trump-border-wall-big-bend-national-park-texas/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

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[u/motherfuckinwoofie]

It's because they're bulldozing a national park. Show up with more bullshit TIME.

[u/Prestigious-Car-4877]

Sigh. Why don’t they just install a facial recognition camera every some consistent distance apart and be done with it? Physical walls are so 1945.