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Trump administration begins construction of border wall in Texas's Big Bend region

Trump administration begins construction of border wall in Texas's Big Bend region

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September 18th, 2026

Trump administration begins construction of border wall in Texas's Big Bend region

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The Trump administration has begun construction of a border wall through 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通過する国境壁の建設に着手した

This marks the first major construction along the U.S.-Mexico border in an area where the administration's plans have encountered staunch opposition.

これは米国とメキシコの国境において政権の計画が根強い反対に直面している地域で行われる初の大規模な建設を意味する

The start of construction marks a significant milestone in the administration's $46 billion plan to complete the wall that President Donald Trump pledged to build.

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目指す政権の460億ドル計画における重要な節目である

Moreover, this came as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it had doubled the pace of wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border.

さらにこれは税関・国境警備局(CBP)が米国とメキシコの国境沿いの壁の建設ペースを倍増させた発表する中で行われた

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" in Hudspeth County, western Texas.

CBPは記者団への声明でテキサス州西部のハズペス郡にある「ビッグベンド1」と呼ばれる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 roughly 500-mile Big Bend region, which extends from the Hudspeth County area south of El Paso to Amistad Lake, is made up of five project areas in total.

エルパソ南部のハズペス郡の地域からアミスタッド湖に至る約500マイルのビッグベンド地域は、合計5つのプロジェクトエリアで構成されている

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 while 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 is separate from the border infrastructure plans in the nearby Big Bend National Park, where the administration has suspended construction while it attempts to reach out to opponents.

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別個のものであり、政権は反対派への働きかけを試みるなかで建設を一時停止している。

In the vast Big Bend region of Texas, CBP is facing united opposition from landowners, environmental groups, business owners, and ranchers, who argue that this remote area is not a region with a high number of undocumented immigrants.

テキサス州の広大なビッグベンド地域で、CBPは土地所有者、環境団体、企業経営者、牧場主らから一致した反対に直面しており、彼らはこの遠隔地が不法移民の多い地域ではないと主張している。

On Friday, activists declared their intention to maintain their opposition to border infrastructure plans in the rest of the Big Bend region, even while the panels were still 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りの部分における国境インフラ計画に反対する姿勢を貫く意向を表明した

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

CBPの計画に反対して戦ってきたノー・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で同組織がトラックがリオグランデ川沿いの遠隔地に物資を運び込み請負業者が資材を配置するために敷地を整地しているとの報告を受けている述べた

However, speaking alongside other members of the coalition from Washington, D.C., where meetings with lawmakers were taking place, she stated that the organization and others would continue to fight 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とともに議員らとの会合が行われているワシントンD.C.から発言し同組織などは地域全体にわたる壁建設計画と戦い続けると述べた。

"Whatever the outcome, we will keep fighting for this land. We will keep fighting to the very end," Benson said.

結果がどうであれ我々はこの土地のために戦い続ける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. Therefore, this fight is not over."

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撤去させるために戦うと言うゆえにこの戦いは終わっていない」。

This report came as the administration accelerates a plan to cover the entire border with a combination of 30-foot steel bollard walls, barriers to stop vehicles from crossing the border, new patrol roads, and various technologies designed to deter and detect migrants and smugglers crossing the border.

この報道は、政権が、高さ30フィートの鋼鉄製ボラード壁、車両の国境越えを阻止する障壁、新たなパトロール道路、移民や密輸業者の国境越えを抑止・探知するための多様な技術を組み合わせ、国境全域を覆う計画を加速させている中でなされた。

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

CBPはメキシコとの2000マイルの国境沿いで平均週12マイルの障壁を建設しており最近第2次トランプ政権発足以来建設された新しい障壁が200マイルに達する節目を迎えたと述べた

The average of 12 miles per week is in fact double the pace that Rodney Scott, the agency's head, mentioned earlier this year.

週平均12マイルというのは当局の責任者であるロドニー・スコット今年の初めに言及していたペース実に2倍に相当する。

The authorities are facing opposition from various quarters, including environmental groups, small towns concerned that the wall will cause flooding in their areas, indigenous peoples who argue that the construction will damage sacred sites, and landowners who claim that the construction encroaches on 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など、多方面からの反対に直面している。

In Texas, much of the opposition is focused on the authorities' plans for Big Bend National Park, which is located in the southwestern part of the state along the Rio Grande and attracts tourists from around the world.

テキサス州では反対意見の多く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中している

However, along the river upstream and downstream of the park, most of the land is owned by private landowners, many of whom oppose the government's efforts.

しかし公園外の川の上流・下流沿いでは土地の大部分は民間の土地所有者が所有しておりその多くが政府の取り組みに反対している

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

今週初め、ビッグベンド地域の土地所有者、牧場主、企業所有者らは、地域の景観と遺産の保護に尽力する非営利組織と協働し、政権の計画を阻止すべく訴訟を提起した。

Activists and landowners have also been attending county meetings 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 and contractors onto their land to conduct surveys.

活動家や土地所有者たちは、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、郡の会議にも出席しており、多くの土地所有者が政府関係者や請負業者の土地への立ち入りと調査を拒否している。

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