Supreme Court allows Trump border barrier

The US Supreme Court gave President Donald Trump's administration the green light to proceed with the construction of barriers along the US-Mexico border in a remote region in West Texas that includes Big Bend National Park, fast-tracking one of his longstanding priorities.



The court granted the administration's emergency request to lift a federal judge's order halting the border wall's construction in the region while a lawsuit against the project brought by an environmental group and other challengers plays out.



The Republican president has long touted building or reinforcing barriers along the US-Mexico border as a signature part of his sweeping restrictions on immigration.



But his administration's push to extend border infrastructure into the national park, 400 km southeast of El Paso, has faced opposition from local officials, conservationists and even some Texas Republicans.



Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only member of the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, to publicly dissent from the decision.