‘I’ve never worked with so many conservatives’: the Texans fighting the Big Bend border wall
Residents of the Big Bend region in Texas have formed a bipartisan grassroots movement to oppose the construction of a border wall. The group argues that the project threatens local wilderness, livelihoods, and the Rio Grande ecosystem.
‘First it was shock. Then anger. Now I think we’ve internalized the reality of a long-term fight,’ says Clara Bensen, an organizer with No Big Bend Wall (NBBW). ‘First it was shock. Then anger. Now I think we’ve internalized the reality of a long-term fight,’ says Clara Bensen, an organizer with No Big Bend Wall (NBBW). America's unsung heroes Texas ‘I’ve never worked with so many conservatives’: the Texans fighting the Big Bend border wall Residents across party lines say Trump’s proposed wall threatens their homes, livelihoods and wilderness along the Rio Grande
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