# Supreme Court clears Trump's Big Bend border wall

> The justices blocked an injunction stopping construction in remote Texas, saying the administration is extremely likely to prevail.
- Title: Supreme Court clears Trump's Big Bend border wall · NBC News
- Summary: The justices blocked an injunction stopping construction in remote Texas, saying the administration is extremely likely to prevail.
- Keywords: supreme court, donald trump, border wall, big bend, texas, immigration, environmental law, ketanji brown jackson, NBC News
- Source: NBC News — https://nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-trump-border-wall-big-bend-texas-rcna604916
- Author: Lawrence Hurley
- Published: 2026-11-09T20:17:00.415+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: supreme court, donald trump, border wall, big bend, texas, immigration, environmental law, ketanji brown jackson, politics, news
## Supreme Court backs Trump wall
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to move forward with border wall construction in the remote Big Bend region of southwest Texas.
## Judge's injunction blocked
The justices blocked an injunction imposed by a federal judge in Texas that had blocked construction while litigation continues over the project.
## Court's reasoning
In a five-page unsigned decision, the court said the federal judge had no authority to impose the injunction and that the Trump administration was extremely likely to prevail on that point.
## Border security interest
The court said the government has compelling interests when a challenged policy involves border security, justifying the move forward.
## Jackson dissents alone
Of the nine justices, only liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from the decision to allow construction to proceed.
## The disputed section
The section in question involves three hundred forty-one miles of construction, including Big Bend National Park, based on waivers issued by Kristi Noem and Markwayne Mullin.
## Challengers' concerns
Environmental group Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Ruidosa Church, and river guide Danny Miller argued construction would result in permanent alteration of an irreplaceable landscape.

> result in the permanent alteration of an irreplaceable landscape
## Lowest crossing rates
Government data shows Big Bend has the section of the southern border with the lowest number of encounters between federal agents and migrants, contradicting the urgency argument.
## Trump's signature policy
Building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border has been one of Trump's signature policies since his first presidential campaign in 2016, part of his hard-line immigration focus.
## Broader construction plan
Boosted by Republican-controlled Congress funding, the administration seeks to complete a two thousand mile installation including steel panels, vehicle barriers and new surveillance technology.
## Key takeaway

The Supreme Court allowed President Trump to build a border wall section in Big Bend, Texas, overruling a federal judge's injunction that had blocked construction.