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华盛顿讯——特朗普政府于周三请求最高法院允许其暂时恢复在德克萨斯州偏远地区——包括大弯曲国家公园——的边境墙及其他基础设施建设。
美国司法部敦促最高法院解除下级法院的禁制令，该禁制令临时禁止国土安全部在大弯曲边境段修建边境屏障或相关基础设施。大弯曲边境段覆盖美墨边境500多英里区域以及德克萨斯州的77个县。
美国副司法部长D.约翰·索尔在紧急救济申请中写道：“地区法院的禁制令严重阻碍了政府阻止非法移民和毒品流入南部边境的能力。”“部长之所以选定存在争议的大弯曲项目区域，是因为过去几年该地区非法越境和毒品走私率居高不下。”
特朗普总统在南部边境修建边境墙的承诺，是其近十年来移民政策的标志性主张。但今年早些时候，社交媒体上分享的照片和视频显示推土机抵达大弯曲国家公园后，总统的计划遭到两党议员、德克萨斯州养牛场主和当地执法官员的强烈反对。
为应对反弹，美国海关与边境保护局局长罗德尼·斯科特将公园内的建设暂停至9月底。该机构表示，拟议中的边境墙不会横穿大弯曲国家公园，但其他基础设施项目将会涉及，包括巡逻道路、探测技术以及约17英里长的车辆屏障。
据海关与边境保护局消息，大弯曲地区一段47英里长的边境墙建设已于上月启动。美国司法部称，政府已在该区域美墨边境沿线授予了五个边境屏障项目的合同。
特朗普政府于今年2月宣布，国土安全部将在大弯曲边境段修建屏障和道路。该项目包括修建30英尺高的桩柱墙，从德克萨斯州方特奎特曼延伸至位于大弯曲牧场州立公园的闭合峡谷。据政府透露，边境墙和道路总长将超过300英里。
由于该项目会对文化、娱乐、野生动物和环境资源造成影响，联邦政府通常需在推进项目前确保遵守联邦环境保护和历史保护法律。
但时任国土安全部长克里斯蒂·诺姆今年早些时候宣布该项目时，援引了1996年的联邦移民法，该法律赋予部长权力，可以豁免所有被认为必要的法律要求，以确保在南部边境附近快速修建实体屏障和道路，“威慑高非法入境地区的非法越境行为”。在诺姆被解雇后接任其职的马克韦恩·马林斯又发布了两项豁免令，允许海关与边境保护局修建屏障系统。
针对这一举措，一家环保非营利组织、一名职业内河船向导以及一个致力于保护里奥格兰德河畔耶稣圣心教堂的宗教组织于今年4月提起诉讼，试图阻止特朗普政府实施该项目。
特朗普政府辩称，考虑到非法越境和毒品走私率，本案涉及的这片土地属于“高非法入境风险区域”。政府表示，2021年至2025年间，共有超过8.9万人在大弯曲边境段试图非法越境进入美国时被抓获。
但原告方称，与南部边境其他六个边境段相比，大弯曲边境段的抓获人数垫底。尽管该区域覆盖了超过25%的美墨边境线，但根据法庭文件，大弯曲边境段的年度抓获人数仅占边境总抓获人数的0.3%至2.2%。
本月早些时候，美国地区法官凯瑟琳·卡多尼批准了挑战者的初步禁制令请求，禁止国土安全部在大弯曲边境段修建边境屏障或相关基础设施，或开展“任何建设或地面扰动活动”。
卡多尼认定，诺姆和马林斯在今年2月至7月期间发布允许建设推进的豁免令时，超越了其职权范围。
就在美国司法部寻求最高法院介入之前，卡多尼驳回了特朗普政府暂停其裁决的请求。
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow border wall construction to resume in Big Bend region
October 21, 2026 4:45 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to resume for now construction of a border wall and other infrastructure through a remote area of West Texas that includes Big Bend National Park.
The Justice Department urged the high court to lift a lower court injunction that temporarily bars the Department of Homeland Security from building the barrier or related infrastructure in the Big Bend Sector, which covers more than 500 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border and 77 counties in Texas.
“The district court’s injunction significantly frustrates the government’s ability to stop the flow of illegal aliens and drugs across the southern border,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote in the request for emergency relief. “The Secretary identified the Big Bend project areas at issue because of the high rates of illegal-alien crossings and drug smuggling in the region over the past several years.”
President Trump’s promise to build a wall along the southern border has been a hallmark of his immigration agenda for the last decade. But earlier this year, the president’s plans were met with significant pushback from lawmakers in both parties, cattle ranchers and local law enforcement officials in Texas when photos and videos shared to social media showed bulldozers arriving at Big Bend National Park.
In response to the backlash, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott paused construction inside the park until the end of September. The agency has said that the proposed border wall will not cut through Big Bend National Park, but other infrastructure would, including patrol roads, detection technology and roughly 17 miles of vehicle barriers.
Construction of a 47-mile-long stretch of wall in the Big Bend region began last month, according to CBP. The government has awarded contracts for five border-barrier projects in that area along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Justice Department said.
The Trump administration announced in February that the Department of Homeland Security would build barriers and roads in the Big Bend Sector. The project includes the construction of 30-foot-tall bollard walls stretching from Fort Quitman, Texas, to Closed Canyon, which is located in Big Bend Ranch State Park. Border walls and roads would span more than 300 miles, according to the government.
Because of the project’s impact on cultural, recreational, wildlife and environmental resources, the federal government would typically have to ensure compliance with federal environmental protection and historical preservation laws before moving forward.
But when then-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the project earlier this year, she invoked a 1996 federal immigration law that gives the secretary the authority to waive all legal requirements deemed necessary to ensure quick construction of physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the southern border to “deter illegal crossings in areas of high illegal entry.” Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who succeeded Noem after her firing, issued two more waivers allowing CBP to construct barrier systems.
In response to the move, an environmental nonprofit, a professional riverboat guide and a religious organization dedicated to preserving the Sacred Heart of the Church of Jesus along the Rio Grande filed a lawsuitin April seeking to stop the Trump administration from implementing the project.
The Trump administration argued that the stretch of land at issue in the case is an area of “high illegal entry” given the rates of illegal crossings and drug smuggling. The government said more than 89,000 people were apprehended trying to cross into the U.S. illegally in the Big Bend Sector between 2021 and 2025.
But the plaintiffs said that the Big Bend Sector ranks last for apprehensions compared to the other six sectors along the southern border. While the area covers more than 25% of the U.S.-Mexico border, annual apprehensions in the Big Bend Sector ranged between 0.3% and 2.2% of total border-wide apprehensions, according to court filings.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone granted the challengers’ request for a preliminary injunction and barred the Department of Homeland Security from building border barriers or related infrastructure, or engaging in “any construction or ground disturbing activities” in the Big Bend Sector.
Cardone found that Noem and Mullin exceeded their authorities when issuing the waivers between February and July that allowed construction to proceed.
Just before the Justice Department sought the Supreme Court’s intervention, Cardone rejected the Trump administration’s request to pause her decision.
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