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Texas officials order contractor on Big Bend area border wall to halt land clearing

Texas officials order contractor on Big Bend area border wall to halt land clearing
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Texas General Land Office Commissioner Dawn Buckingham on Friday sent cease and desist letters to Barnard Construction and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, claiming the border wall contractor had performed "illegal" land clearing work on state-owned land in southern Presidio County.

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