Texas Monthly Questions $2.6 Billion Border Barrier in Big Bend

Texas Monthly has published a new article arguing that a proposed $2.6 billion border barrier project along the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande would damage archaeological sites and one of Texas’ last wild landscapes while doing little to improve security in terrain that critics say is already nearly impassable. The article focuses on the Skiles Ranch area east of Big Bend National Park and asks whether the massive expense is justified.

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