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Texas Judge Puts A Halt To Privately Built Border Wall

Emily Zanotti
Texas Judge Puts A Halt To Privately Built Border Wall
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A Texas judge has temporarily halted construction on a segment of the border wall being erected on the United States-Mexico border until a private organization, We Build the Wall, can prove it has control over a stretch of land currently being used as a butterfly sanctuary.

The Hill reports that “State District Judge Keno Vasquez of Hidalgo County has issued a temporary restraining order” against We Build the Wall, preventing it from beginning construction on the next phase of its project, a stop-gap border wall between two unfinished segments near the busy border crossing of McAllen, Texas.

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