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  "path": "/news/04022026/rio-grande-valley-border-wall-public-lands/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T00:27:13.000Z",
  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
  "tags": [
    "Justice & Health",
    "Politics",
    "Border Wall",
    "Department of Homeland Security",
    "Homeland Security",
    "immigration",
    "One Big Beautiful Bill",
    "One Big Beautiful Bill Act",
    "Public Land",
    "public lands",
    "Rio Grande",
    "Rio Grande Valley",
    "Texas",
    "Wildlife"
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  "textContent": "Advocates are calling for the Homeland Security funding bill, currently being negotiated, to include protections for Texas parks and cultural heritage sites in the path of the border wall. During the first Trump presidency, Congress approved protections from border wall construction for several sites in the Texas Rio Grande Valley. These carveouts prohibited using federal […]",
  "title": "Rio Grande Valley Advocates Urge Congress to Restore Protections for Public Lands In Path of Border Wall"
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