Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner Rodney Scott has paused work on border construction projects. This decision allows him to conduct a personal evaluation and meet with stakeholders. The pause comes ahead of emergency hearings scheduled for next week, which will address requests for a restraining order to halt the project.

A former Big Bend National Park employee is among those opposing the project. Further details on the project and the opposition to it are available.

The hearings will consider multiple lawsuits filed to stop the project, with a decision expected to determine its future.