Bill Addington visits a border wall under construction near his property Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, near Sierra Blanca, Texas. (John Locher | AP Photo)In late September, a week before a federal judge halted construction on the Trump administration’s Big Bend area border wall, U.S. Customs and Border Protection quietly paused part of the project voluntarily because of struggles to gain access to private land and a federal contractor’s demand for more money.
That’s according to emails shared with Marfa Public Radio by a Presidio County official who has been in communication with CBP representatives overseeing the project.
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