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Big Bend National Park and the surrounding area are beloved by generations of Texans. Now, efforts by the Trump administration to build a border barrier through the park have sparked bipartisan outrage, uniting ranchers, environmentalists and politicians from both sides of the aisle.

Last week, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott announced a pause on any construction and visited the area to hear local concerns. State Sen. César Blanco, D-El Paso, joined Scott for a meeting to discuss how to balance border enforcement and protecting natural parks.

Blanco and Texas Tribune politics reporter Alejandro Serrano join the TribCast to unpack the border barrier battle playing out in West Texas.

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Eleanor Klibanoff is the law and politics reporter, based in Austin, where she covers the the Texas Legislature, the Office of the Attorney General, state and federal courts and politics writ large. She...