U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed Friday that a construction firm working on the Trump administration’s border wall project has begun moving equipment to the border in the Big Bend area. A county official said contractor Barnard Construction has a sand and gravel lease with owners of the Moody Bennett Ranch.
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