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The Trump administration commences construction of the border wall in the Big Bend region of Texas

The Trump administration commences construction of the border wall in the Big Bend region of Texas

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September 18th, 2026

The Trump administration commences construction of the border wall in the Big Bend region of Texas

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The Trump administration has embarked on the construction of a border wall traversing the Big Bend region of West Texas.

トランプ政権はテキサス州西部のビッグベンド地区を横断する国境壁の建設に着手した

This marks the first large-scale construction to be undertaken along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border where the administration's plans have encountered staunch opposition.

これは米墨国境のうち政権の計画が根強い反対に直面している地域において初めて実施される大規模な建設を意味する

The commencement of construction marks a pivotal milestone in the administration's $46 billion initiative to fulfill President Donald Trump's campaign pledge to complete the wall.

建設の着工はドナルド・トランプ大統領が公約に掲げた壁の完成を遂行せんとする政権の460億ドル計画における極めて重要な節目を画するものである

Moreover, this transpired amid Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) announcement that it had doubled the pace of wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border.

加えてこれは税関・国境警備局(CBP)が米墨国境沿いの壁の建設ペースを倍増させたと公表した中で行われた

In a statement to reporters, CBP said that "installation of border wall panels is underway" along a 47-mile stretch known as "Big Bend 1," located in Hudspeth County in western Texas.

CBPは記者団に対する声明においてテキサス州西部ハズペス郡に位置する「ビッグベンド1」と称される47マイルの区間で「国境壁パネルの設置が進行中」であると述べた

The Big Bend region, which spans roughly 500 miles from the area of Hudspeth County south of El Paso to Lake Amistad, is composed of five project areas in total.

エルパソ南部のハズペス郡の一帯からアミスタッド湖に至る約500マイルに及ぶビッグベンド地域は合計5つのプロジェクトエリアによって構成されている

According to an announcement by the authorities, the first panel was installed on September 15.

当局の発表によれば最初のパネルは9月15日に設置された

A map on the authorities' website, which provides the latest updates on wall construction along the entire southern border, features a photograph capturing a crane hoisting one of the 30-foot-tall steel wall panels into position as construction workers look on.

南部国境全域にわたる壁建設の最新状況を伝える当局のウェブサイト上の地図には建設作業員らが見守る中クレーンが高さ30フィートの鋼鉄製壁パネルの一つを所定の位置へ吊り上げる様子を捉えた写真が掲載されている

This new development stands in stark contrast to the border infrastructure plans in the neighboring Big Bend National Park, where the administration, even as it sought to reach out to opponents, has ended up halting construction.

この新たな動きは、近隣のビッグベンド国立公園における国境インフラ計画とは一線を画するものであり、政権は反対派への働きかけを試みるさなか、建設を一時停止するに至っている。

Across the vast Big Bend region of Texas, CBP faces unified opposition from landowners, environmental groups, business owners, and ranchers, who contend that this remote area does not constitute a sector experiencing a substantial influx of undocumented immigrants.

テキサス州の広範に及ぶビッグベンド地域において、CBPは土地所有者、環境団体、企業所有者、牧場主らから寄せられる一致した反対意見に直面しており、彼らはこの遠隔地が不法移民の多数流入する地域には該当しないと主張している。

On Friday, activists stated that they intend to maintain their opposition to border infrastructure plans in the remaining parts of the Big Bend region, even while the panels are being installed.

活動家らは金曜日パネルが設置されている最中にあってもなおビッグベンド地域の残余部分における国境インフラ計画に反対する姿勢を堅持する意向であると述べた

Clara Benson, one of the founders of the No Big Bend Wall Coalition, which has waged a protracted struggle against CBP's plans, said in an interview on Friday that the organization had received reports of trucks delivering supplies to a remote area along the Rio Grande and of contractors clearing ground in order to position materials.

CBPの計画に反対する闘いを繰り広げてきた「ノー・ビッグベンド・ウォール連合」の創設者の一人であるクララ・ベンソンは、金曜日のインタビューにおいて、同組織が、リオグランデ川沿いの遠隔地へトラックが物資を搬入し、請負業者が資材を配置すべく敷地を整地しているとの報告を受けていると述べた。

Nevertheless, speaking from Washington, D.C., alongside other members of the coalition in order to meet with lawmakers, she declared unequivocally that the organization and other concerned parties intend to continue their struggle against the plans for a wall spanning the entire region.

しかしながら彼女は連合の他のメンバーらとともに議員らとの会合のためワシントンD.C.から発言し同組織およびその他の関係者らは地域全体にわたる壁建設計画に対して闘争を継続する所存である明言した

"Whatever the outcome, we intend to keep fighting for this land. We will fight to the very last," Benson stated.

結果がどうであれ我々はこの土地のために戦い続ける所存である最後の最後まで戦い続ける」とベンソンは述べた

"If you talk to the people of West Texas, they say that even if the wall is built, they will fight to have it removed.

テキサス州西部の人々に話を聞けばたとえ壁が建てられたとしてもそれを撤去させるために戦うと言う

Therefore, this struggle has not yet come to an end."

ゆえにこの戦いは未だ終焉を迎えてはいない」。

This report emerged at a time when the administration was accelerating a plan to blanket the entire border by combining 30-foot steel bollard walls, barriers designed to thwart vehicular crossings, new patrol roads, and an array of technologies intended to deter and detect crossings by migrants and smugglers.

この報道がなされたのは、政権が、高さ30フィートの鋼鉄製ボラード壁、車両による国境越えを阻止するための障壁、新たなパトロール道路、ならびに移民および密輸業者による国境越えを抑止・探知するための各種技術を組み合わせることにより国境全域を網羅せんとする計画を加速させている最中であった。

CBP stated that it is constructing an average of 12 miles of barrier per week along the 2,000-mile border with Mexico, and further disclosed that the new barrier built since the inception of the second Trump administration has recently reached the milestone of 200 miles.

CBPはメキシコとの2000マイルに及ぶ国境沿いにおいて週平均12マイルの障壁を建設中であると述べさらに最近第2次トランプ政権の発足以来建設された新たな障壁が200マイルに達する節目を迎えたと明らかにした

The figure of 12 miles per week is nothing other than double the pace that Rodney Scott, the agency's chief, cited earlier this year.

週平均12マイルという数値は、当局の責任者たるロドニー・スコットが本年当初に言及したペースの倍にほかならない。

The authorities are confronted with opposition from environmental groups, small towns concerned that the wall will cause flooding in their areas, indigenous peoples who maintain that the construction desecrates sacred sites, and landowners who contend that it encroaches upon their land.

当局は、環境団体、壁が地域に洪水を引き起こすことを懸念する小さな町、建設が聖地を損なうと主張する先住民、建設が土地を侵害すると主張する土地所有者らからの反対に直面している。

In Texas, the bulk of the opposition has coalesced around the authorities' plans for Big Bend National Park, situated along the Rio Grande in the southwestern part of the state, which draws visitors from all over the world.

テキサス州においては反対意見の大多数が世界中から観光客を惹きつけるリオグランデ川沿いの州南西部に位置するビッグベンド国立公園に対する当局の計画に集約されている

However, along the river upstream and downstream of the park, the majority of the land is held by private landowners, many of whom have voiced their opposition to the government's initiative.

しかしながら同公園外の川沿いの上流・下流地域においては土地の大半が民間の地主によって所有されておりその多くが政府の取り組みに反対の意を表明している

Earlier this week, landowners, ranchers, and business operators based in the Big Bend region, in collaboration with a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the area's landscape and heritage, filed a lawsuit in an effort to block the administration's plan.

今週初旬ビッグベンド地域に拠点を置く土地所有者牧場主、および企業経営者らは、当該地域の景観と遺産の保全に尽力する非営利団体と連携し政権の計画を阻止すべく訴訟を提起した

Activists and landowners have also appeared at county meetings in order to lobby elected officials not to cooperate with the contractors CBP has hired to build the wall, and many landowners are refusing to allow government officials or contractors onto their land to conduct surveys.

活動家や土地所有者らはCBPが壁建設のために雇った請負業者に協力しないよう選出された役員に働きかけるため郡の会議にも現れており多くの土地所有者が政府関係者や請負業者が土地に立ち入って調査することを拒否している

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