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Carlos E. Morales retweeted
In August, a tribe elder warned reporters. The Trump administration was racing to build a second border wall near her ancestors’ final resting place.
The construction was bound to disturb Native American remains.
She was right.
propublica.org/article/borde…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
When I asked @Flores4LandCom - now the incoming Texas Land Commissioner - how he would handle the border wall on state land he unequivocally said he would fight construction and be willing to take the federal government to court over it.
insideclimatenews.org/news/1…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
BREAKING: @GregAbbott_TX concedes says he called @GinaHinojosaTX to congratulate her. Massive political earthquake in Texas tonight @SpectrumNews1TX
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
The plaintiffs challenging the Trump administration’s effort to build a border wall in the Big Bend region of southwestern Texas urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to leave in place an order by a federal trial judge temporarily halting the construction.
scotusblog.com/2026/10/group…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
Just in: Big Bend area border wall construction remains blocked.
Trump admin asked a judge to lift her earlier block on construction - she said no. The government has threatened to try and take the case to SCOTUS - so now we'll see if that happens: storage.courtlistener.com/re…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
Construction in the Big Bend sector is currently halted by a temporary injunction. But CBP maintains they still plan to build a wall through the sector -- which would cross GLO land. You can read my full story here 👇 insideclimatenews.org/news/1…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
Judge Kathleen Cardone released her opinion in Friends of Ruidosa Church lawsuit, after issuing a temporary injunction 12 days ago.
She writes there is evidence Big Bend does not meet the criteria for federal waivers of env. law to build the border wall.
storage.courtlistener.com/re…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
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Today is the last day to register to vote in Texas!
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Mail in your application today or turn it in in person! We do not have online voter registration!
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Carlos E. Morales retweeted
My dispatch from today’s hearing in El Paso, where federal judge Kathleen Cardone ruled from the bench that border wall construction in the Big Bend can’t proceed under existing waivers.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
El Paso, TX formally picked up 4.44" of rain last month. That's the most in Sept. since 2006, the year longtime El Pasoans remember as the "Great Flood." It's an entire monsoon's worth of rain in one month, since most rainy seasons give El Paso about 3¼ - 6½ inches of rain. #txwx
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
From a notable new court filing today in one of the Big Bend area border wall lawsuits - actual data from Big Bend National Park on the number of illegal border crossings there in recent years.
We almost never see this data - usually it's only for the whole Big Bend region:
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
🚨 USDA has confirmed the first wild New World screwworm fly in a trap in Brewster County, Texas.
Our surveillance system is working — using targeted fly traps, animal checks, drones, trail cams, boots‑on‑the‑ground monitoring, and a network of partners tracking this pest.
We strategically place traps just outside of infested areas to avoid capturing sterile flies and better pinpoint where wild flies may be moving.
🔗 Learn more about trapping: aphis.usda.gov/sites/default…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
Seven weeks of rain in one night in Juárez. Alv.
La lluvia que cayó anoche corresponde a la que cae regularmente en siete semanas, afirmó esta mañana el alcalde en funciones Héctor Ortiz Orpinel
diario.mx/juarez/2026/sep/23…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
New: construction has started on the Big Bend area border wall - in Hudspeth County specifically. For @MarfaRadio: marfapublicradio.org/news/20…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
I broke that Interior is trying to find a way to give up a small bit of Yosemite in a land swap.
In the last 24 hrs, the people who’ve dedicated their lives to Yosemite have told me they’re outraged. They say it needs protecting, not further development. notus.org/climate-environmen…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
re: dolly parton, an all-timer in a few different fields vulture.com/article/obit-dol…
Carlos E. Morales retweeted
The Trump admin's Big Bend area border wall threatens to destroy the historic Porvenir massacre site in southern Presidio County. Some damage has already been done.
"To me, that's heartless," one descendent of a massacre victim says.
From @MarfaRadio: marfapublicradio.org/news/20…
In Marfa, they’re streaming today’s Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission hearing at the local liquor store
With construction temporarily on pause in Big Bend National Park, around 100 people spoke out against CBP’s controversial border barrier projects on Texas Parks & Wildlife property at the agency’s annual public hearing. My latest for the Tribune 👇🏻 texastribune.org/2026/08/19/…
