CBP is pausing all construction activity in Big Bend National Park while I visit and conduct a personal, on-the-ground evaluation. CBP is firmly committed to protecting America, and that includes our national treasures like Big Bend National Park (BBNP). We know the current and predictable national security threats and... they are real. Now over the next couple of days, I will join a small team to evaluate the terrain and listen to local leadership, community members and stakeholders to ensure that we secure our borders while simultaneously protecting BBNP for generations to come.show more

As usual with the Trump Regime. Run around, ignore the laws, fuck things up and then try to appease people. Way too fucking little. Way, way, way too fucking late!!

FU bro & @GovHotWheels_TX @DanPatrick @realDonaldTrump @DHSgov @KenPaxtonTX for Big Bend irreversible destruction. Big Bend just needs cameras, drones, & personnel. Props to @RolandForTexas @EddieMoralesJr @GinaHinojosaTX @jamestalarico for fighting for Big Bend #TXLege

Maybe yall could have done that before rolling the bulldozers all over Big Bend?

This is an absolute travesty and should have never begun we without the proper due diligence before hand.

@DFOLaredo You might want to stop by the Arizona border and find out why the border gates are sealed open.

I’m sorry but I don’t believe a word you say. You should have NEVER started this in the first place

You should never have started this destruction. You've already done irreversible damage, for absolutely no benefit. Shame on you.

Why exactly was this not done PRIOR to destruction? Seems ass backwards to NOW view firsthand & meet with locals. This is the pattern with the Trump administration. Does anyone bother with due diligence prior to acting? Corporations fire leadership for these kinds of errors.

Whatever the eff you are doing- it isn’t good enough.

The "Big Bend Park Remodel" sounds a lot like- -DOGE disaster -East Wing destruction disaster -Tariff refund disaster -DHS plane purchase disaster -Reflecting pool disaster -Iran nuclear negotiations *war* disaster Pure incompetence. 🌮

Already disrupted wildlife & destroyed a ton of terrain while waiving all environmental and archaeological standards. Leave West Texas alone

Can you ask some people why they never cried about the hundreds of miles of this on our border and getting into our river that goes into our Gulf. 🤨

For all of the fiscal conservatives out there, please also review the budget for this project? $33 million per mile seems a bit steep.

Three invaders destroyed our waterways and public lands.

Amazing how this is happening after construction crews tore through parts of it already. Better late than never, but this could have been avoided with a thorough examination before work commenced. @cbpcommissioner

If anyone crosses the 100 miles of deserted Mexico INTO Big Bend and then crosses 50 miles of chihuahuan desert, only to have to go another 200 miles to El Paso or Odessa they've earned the right to be chased by the feds. Leave Big Bend alone.

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Good lord, there are no national security threats coming across the cliffs and canyons of Big Bend National Park. Please focus and stop spending billions of our tax dollars on wasteful policies. Find drug and human traffickers and violent criminals instead.

@WorldCitizenLA THERE IS NO NEED FOR A WALL IN BIG BEND! God already made one. I know that magats don’t care about being outside unless they’re chasing trumps stench on the golf course. You can quit acting as though you will change a damn thing.

good on ya, sir

You have records, pictures, and surveillance that proves illegals are crossing there (human smuggling, drugs, gangs etc) and a lot of them are getting away. Why cater to Democrats who are AGAINST securing our borders 🤔 JUST DO IT. We voted for you to seal off ALL areas where foreign invaders are crossing into our country ILLEGALLY.

Attn @CBPCommissioner Start with canceling the No Bid Contract!

Please you sound like a leftist, this implies something's going on nefarious and we all know we're doing everything possible to preserve the unique landscape and wildlife in this area while securing our nation of an open border for 40 years. Absurd. Go get her did. And get back to it, Sir

FYI @BigBendNPS @GregAbbott_TX

Sucks what you have already done is irreversible damage. But you still have time to STOP more destruction of this sacred place for so many!

Yikes. Please address and FIX this.

@USBPChiefTCA Seal the border no matter where it is!

Just finish the wall for Christ’s sake

Big Bend National Park is a natural wall and should be permanently protected

A good start would be making this project comply with the law, same as all other federal construction contracts.

Bulldozers are destroying our national treasures. I'm not worried about our borders when the guys siding with North Korea are in our White House. The East Wing = gone. The Reflecting Pool = drained and damaged. Future generations will wonder how we let this go on so long

@BillMelugin_ SEAL THE BORDER. Any gaps will be used by Democrats and the cartels to move illegals into the United States.

This entirely unnecessary. Build the damned wall.

Big Bend is about to expose many things; watch closely. The media bias will be on full display. Border reporters with an agenda will sound like fools. Listen to locals. They know the history and terrain better than anyone who visits for a few days.

@JRichieTX Jesus Christ already, are you that much of a fucking pussy. You are not strong enough for this moment.