Travis Bubenik | Marfa Public Radio

U.S. Customs and Border Protection this week quietly updated its "Smart Wall" map to remove two "primary border barrier system" projects in the Big Bend area, including one recently slated for Big Bend National Park. Other projects are still listed for parts of Presidio, Jeff Davis and Hudspeth counties.

The Trump administration is planning a sweeping mix of technology and physical barriers across the southern border. Meanwhile, the administration is also waiving federal regulations to speed up construction across the Big Bend region and the country's southwestern border.

El sitio de la Escuela Blackwell explorará la historia, a menudo poco contada, de la segregación escolar de los mexicano-estadounidenses en todo el Suroeste.

Some border sheriffs in the Big Bend area say their small departments don’t have the resources to arrest migrants under a new Texas law set to take effect in March.

Mike y Mark Sheppard, ambos acusados de matar a tiros a un migrante en el condado de Hudspeth, fueron liberados de la cárcel bajo fianza el lunes por la noche, dijo la oficina del alguacil del condado. El tiroteo ocurrió cerca del pequeño pueblo de Sierra Blanca, Texas.

Mike and Mark Sheppard, both charged in the shooting death of a migrant man in Hudspeth County, were released from jail on bond Monday night, the county sheriff’s office said.