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San Antonio Federal Court Sets Aug. 28 Hearing on Request to Halt Big Bend Border Wall Work; No Ruling Yet

A civil suit by West Texas residents and Lipan Apache tribe members against the Department of Homeland Security is at its earliest stage. No judge has ruled on the temporary restraining order or on the allegations, which are unproven.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 19, 2026, 4:26 p.m. ET
A San Antonio federal court has granted plaintiffs an in-person evidentiary hearing on a motion for a temporary restraining order to halt border barrier construction in Big Bend National Park, sacurrent.com reported. The hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28 in Courtroom C of the U.S. Courthouse at 262 West Nueva St. **The matter is unresolved.** Scheduling the hearing is a procedural step, not a decision. Nothing in the reporting indicates that any judge has granted or denied the temporary restraining order, ruled on the underlying lawsuit, or made findings about the plaintiffs' allegations. The allegations against the are untested and unproven, and the case has no recorded outcome. The restraining-order petition follows a lawsuit filed in federal district court by West Texas residents and Lipan Apache tribe members who are seeking to permanently stop construction of the wall on religious and constitutional grounds, according to sacurrent.com. Critics maintain that the 's construction project has damaged geological and archaeological sites in Big Bend National Park's Santa Elena Canyon, the outlet reported. Attorney and State Sen. Roland Gutierrez said the department "has already bulldozed this pristine land to an unrecognizable pulp" and that the Trump administration is spending $1.7 billion to destroy the park, sacurrent.com reported. That characterization is an allegation by a party to the litigation; it has not been established in court. The is the named respondent. The reporting cited here does not include a response from the department to the plaintiffs' claims, and no ruling has been reported that assigns the department responsibility for the damage alleged. **Status note for later readers:** This account covers a case at the charging stage only — a complaint filed and a restraining-order motion awaiting an evidentiary hearing. Do not read it as evidence that the suit succeeded or failed, that the wall was stopped or allowed to proceed, or that the allegations were substantiated. As of the reporting cited, all of that remained undecided.

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