Trump Administration Requests Supreme Court to Permit Big Bend Wall Construction

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow construction of a border wall in Texas’s Big Bend region. The request follows a lower court judge’s halt of the plan to erect hundreds of miles of barriers. The administration says the wall is needed to secure a quarter of the southern border. The request was made on 21 October 2026.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer called the lower judge’s block “baseless.” He said the block disrupts the government’s ability to secure a quarter of the southern border. The administration argues that the halt interferes with border security. The Supreme Court has been asked to reverse the lower court’s decision.

The Big Bend region is part of the southern border of the United States. The wall would be built along the Rio Grande river. The administration seeks to resume construction after the Supreme Court’s review. The outcome will determine whether the wall can be built.