Supreme Court Allows Big Bend Border-Wall Construction to Resume

The Court’s unsigned 8–1 order lifted the injunction temporarily, relying on IIRIRA’s waiver authority and indicating the government was likely to prevail on its jurisdictional argument that the major-questions claim was statutory, not constitutional. Justice Jackson dissented without explanation; the environmental merits remain unresolved. Plaintiffs warn that planned work, including blasting across remote and protected areas, could cause environmental and economic harm.