10月21日 - 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的政府周三请求美国最高法院允许其继续推进在得克萨斯州西部偏远地区修建美墨边境屏障的计划，该地区包括大弯国家公园。
Trump asks US Supreme Court to allow Big Bend border wall construction Oct 21 - President Donald Trump's administration asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to let it proceed with a plan to build a US-Mexico border barrier in a remote region in West Texas that includes Big Bend National Park.
司法部提交紧急申请，要求最高法院在针对该项目的诉讼——由一家环保组织及其他挑战者提起——审理期间，撤销一名联邦法官暂停该地区边境墙建设的命令。
The Justice Department filed an emergency request for the court to lift a federal judge's order halting wall construction in the region while a lawsuit against the project brought by an environmental group and other challengers plays out.
这位共和党总统长期以来一直将修建或加固美墨边境屏障标榜为其反移民政策的标志性内容。但其政府推动将边境基础设施延伸至这座国家公园——位于埃尔帕索东南约250英里（400公里）处——的做法，遭到了当地官员、自然保护人士以及部分得克萨斯州共和党人的反对。
The Republican president has long touted building or reinforcing barriers along the US-Mexico border as a signature part of his anti-immigration policies. But his administration's push to extend border infrastructure into the national park, around 250 miles (400 km) southeast of El Paso, has faced opposition from local officials, conservationists and some Texas Republicans.
该诉讼由生物多样性中心、一名大弯地区河流向导以及一个致力于保护得克萨斯州鲁伊多萨一座历史教堂的团体提起，后者称其脆弱的土坯建筑正受到边境建设的威胁。
The lawsuit was brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, a Big Bend-area river guide and a group seeking to preserve a historic church in Ruidosa, Texas, that says its fragile adobe structure is threatened by the border construction.
原告对美国国土安全部发布的一系列豁免提出质疑，这些豁免旨在加快大弯地区道路和屏障的建设，从而规避多项环境和保护法律的适用。
The plaintiffs challenged a series of waivers issued by the US Department of Homeland Security to expedite construction of roads and barriers in the Big Bend region, avoiding the application of a variety of environmental and conservation laws.
前国土安全部长克里斯蒂·诺姆和现任部长马克韦恩·马林在2月至7月间发布了这些豁免，认定该地区为“非法入境高发区”，需要增设屏障以控制边境。
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the current Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who issued the waivers between February and July, found the region to be an "area of high illegal entry," requiring additional barriers to control the border.
埃尔帕索的美国地区法官凯瑟琳·卡多内于10月2日发布禁令，叫停了建设。在随后发表的意见书中，这名法官认定这些豁免超出了诺姆和马林的权限。司法部在其申请中敦促最高法院暂停或推翻卡多内的禁令。
US District Judge Kathleen Cardone in El Paso issued an injunction on October 2 halting the construction. In an opinion issued later, the judge found that the waivers exceeded the authority of Noem and Mullin. The Justice Department in its request urged the Supreme Court to pause or overturn Cardone's injunction.
司法部写道：“即使假定部长的豁免权涉及‘重大经济和政治意义’的问题，国会也明确授权部长既可修建边境屏障，也可豁免法律要求，以便加快其建设。”
"Even assuming that the secretary's waiver authority implicates a question of 'vast economic and political significance,' Congress did clearly authorize the secretary both to build border barriers and to waive legal requirements in order to facilitate their expeditious construction," the Justice Department wrote.
八月，该政府暂停了在大弯地区的施工，此前该项目因可能对公园景观和野生动物造成影响而遭到两党批评。施工队曾开始在公园内为道路和边境安全基础设施清理土地，引发抗议和旨在停止该项工作的诉讼。
In August, the administration paused construction in Big Bend after the project drew bipartisan criticism over its potential impact on the park's landscape and wildlife. Crews had begun clearing land in the park for roads and border security infrastructure, prompting protests and lawsuits seeking to halt the work.