Overview
- An updated CBP map now designates more than 200 miles between Amistad Dam and Big Bend Ranch State Park for detection technology rather than a physical barrier.
- Plans for a wall through Big Bend National Park no longer appear on the map, with only a small segment of physical barrier still shown inside Big Bend Ranch State Park.
- CBP has not issued a formal explanation for the change, telling FOX 4 the area remains in planning while the agency focuses on top operational priorities in higher-crossing corridors.
- In February, DHS under Secretary Kristi Noem had announced a Big Bend 'Smart Wall' and waived 28 environmental and historic-preservation laws, and CBP sent landowners letters about potential acquisitions.
- CBP describes detection deployments as radar, infrared sensors, lighting, and video surveillance, with the agency’s public map serving as the only visible indicator of the revised approach.