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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) now-infamous “Smart Wall Map” has been updated numerous times in the past two months.

After a few weeks of constant updates in early March, flipping back and forth between “detection technology” and a “planned” wall in Big Bend National Park, it’s been relatively quiet on the map front in the past month.

Today, however, there’s another huge update: a physical border barrier—a “vehicle barrier system”—appears to still be part of CBP’s plans.

I just checked the Big Bend Sector part of the map a half hour ago and it’s never looked this erratic.

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According to the current map, vehicle barriers are “Planned” in four places inside the national park, which would seal off access to the Rio Grande:

In the park’s westernmost corner, through the town of Lajitas, which is the most popular put-in for river trips in Santa Elena Canyon

Running eastward from Talley Road and Campsites

Running southward from Solis Campsites to Mariscal Canyon

In the park’s easternmost corner, roughly between Hubert Ridge and the park’s boundary

Another noteworthy update is that where it once said “Detection Technology,” it now says “Technology & Patrol Road.” CBP has still not specified what that technology would include. Watchtowers? Stadium lighting? Cameras? Other kinds of surveillance? None of that has been explained, specified, or excluded by the Trump administration.

While no one knows if they’re planning on constructing any new patrol roads, it’s beyond obvious that they will, in fact, need roads, materials, and heavy equipment to actually build those sections of border barrier in the national park.

Additionally, the updated map now also shows physical vehicle barriers along all of the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River and through Amistad National Recreation Area. The adjacent Big Bend Ranch State Park continues to be threatened as well.

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You are right. The rhetoric that comes w him is pathetic. He’s the most insecure intelligent individual of his time. It’s tiresome and sad to see him act that way.

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Giorgia Meloni threw a grenade into the EU.?? ?After threatening to shut borders with. Pedro Sánchez of Spain over the Ceuta migrant surge, Madrid tried to call it demagoguery. Now Finland, Austria, and France are backing Meloni, saying open-border privileges mean nothing if you can’t secure the perimeter. ?She forced Europe’s hand, and the dominoes are falling.

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