# Trump’s top border official defends Big Bend border wall plan

- Seção: Estados Unidos
- Fonte: The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/23/trump-border-official-big-bend-border-wall)
- Publicado em: 2026-10-23T12:18:25.000Z
- URL: https://www.itatiba1.com.br/noticia/1317626-trump-s-top-border-official-defends-big-bend-border-wall-plan
- Tradução automática do original em "en": "Trump’s top border official defends Big Bend border wall plan despite mounting opposition"

> O comissário do CBP, Rodney Scott, afirma que o projeto de muro no Texas é justificado diante da paralisação judicial.

CBP commissioner Rodney Scott says $46bn Texas project is justified amid court-ordered pause on wall’s construction

The Trump administration’s top border official defended plans to build a wall and other infrastructure in the Big Bend of Texas despite mounting opposition against the project and a court-ordered pause on construction, saying his goal of fortifying the country’s borders was “non-negotiable”.

Rodney Scott, the commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), said the $46bn wall project was justified despite a bipartisan coalition of landowners, local businesses and environmentalists who view it as a waste of taxpayer money that could be destructive to a region with historically low migrant crossings, in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press.

Reportagem completa: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/23/trump-border-official-big-bend-border-wall

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