The contract comes just a week after Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott said the agency would not build a wall in Big Bend National Park.
Members of Congress in Texas and Wyoming tout the bills as protecting energy security, but opponents say they amount to a corporate handout that will cost taxpayers billions and harm human and environmental health.
A medida que las «crisis» climáticas afectan cada vez más a las zonas más prósperas de Estados Unidos, se extienden como una sombra sobre esta región fronteriza.
Republican state leaders stripped cities of the ability to require water breaks for workers, but Texas cities are still fighting to create more habitable conditions for their residents as dangerous heatwaves continue to expand.
