Trump administration seeks Supreme Court approval to build Big Bend wall

As part of its anti-immigration policy to strengthen security on the border with Mexico, the Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow it to resume intends to build a border wall through the Sizeable Bend region of West Texas.

Key points

• The Department of Homeland Security intends include vehicle barriers, patrol roads, lighting and detection technology in and around Sizeable Bend National Park.
• Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and current Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
• The Justice Department in its request pressed the Supreme Court to pause or overturn Cardone's injunction.
• In August, the administration paused construction in Major Bend after the project drew bipartisan criticism over its potential impact on the park's landscape and wildlife.
• In a afterwards opinion, the judge identified that the waivers exceeded the authority of Noem and Mullin.

Meanwhile, the Justice Department filed an emergency request on Wednesday asking the court to lift a federal judge's injunction in a lower court that has halted construction while a lawsuit against the project, brought by an environmental group and other challengers, plays out.

Notably, the Department of Homeland Security intends include vehicle barriers, patrol roads, lighting and detection technology in and around Sizeable Bend National Park.

Major Bend has concerning 805km (500 miles) of border, and, according to opponents of the project who have sued the administration, accounts for regarding 1 percent of migrant arrests.

Meanwhile, the lawsuit, filed by plaintiffs including the Center for Biological Diversity and a Major Bend-area river guide, seeks to preserve the landscape, protect a historic church, and challenge the federal government's waivers of environmental and historical laws to fast-track the $1.7bn project.

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and current Secretary Markwayne Mullin. This person issued the waivers between February and July, discovered the region to be an "area of high illegal entry", requiring further barriers to control the border.

US District Judge Kathleen Cardone issued an injunction in El Paso on October 2 halting work "until and unless Defendants comply with all applicable laws, " she wrote in her order.

For context, the Justice Department in its request pressed the Supreme Court to pause or overturn Cardone's injunction. The Supreme Court has not yet responded to this appeal.

"Even assuming that the secretary's waiver authority implicates a question of 'vast economic and political significance, ' Congress did clearly authorize the secretary both to build border barriers and to waive legal requirements in order to facilitate their expeditious construction, " the Justice Department wrote.

For now, trump administration seeks Supreme Court approval to build Big Bend wall remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.