WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to move forward with construction of his border wall in the remote Big Bend region of southwest Texas.
\n\nConstruction there had been challenged by an environmental group and locals who say it would damage the environment and historic sites.
\n\nThe justices blocked an injunction imposed by a federal judge in Texas that had blocked construction while litigation continues.
\n\nIn a five-page unsigned decision, the court said that the federal judge who ruled on the issue had no authority to do so, adding that the Trump administration was “extremely likely to prevail” on that point.
\n\nThe government, the court added, has “compelling interests” when a challenged policy involves border security.
\n\nOf the nine justices, only liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.
\n\nThe segment of the border adjacent to the Rio Grande is sparsely populated, with the Trump administration saying that 89,000 people have been detained trying to enter the United States there in recent years.
\n\nThe section in question, which the government says would involve 341 miles of construction, includes Big Bend National Park. The legal dispute focuses on three waivers issued by then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in February…
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