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Residents of Big Bend, Texas, have organized a grassroots campaign to block a proposed border wall funded by a 2025 congressional act.
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Residents of Big Bend, Texas, have organized a grassroots campaign to block a proposed border wall funded by a 2025 congressional act.
- Molly Walker posted an Instagram protest photo in February 2026, which led to the formation of the No Big Bend Wall campaign.
- Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in summer 2025, allocating $46.5bn to the Department of Homeland Security for border wall expansion.
- Clara Bensen, an organizer, said she had never worked with so many conservatives in the campaign.
- Yolanda Alvarado, a landowner coordinator, said landowners cooperating with contractors "stand to make a lot of money."
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