Crews building Trump border wall in drought-hit New Mexico ordered to stop drilling wells

Construction of the Trump border wall in New Mexico has hit a regulatory speed bump. According to The Guardian, crews have been ordered to stop drilling new wells after ranchers and residents raised alarms that groundwater pumping for concrete production could threaten their livestock during an ongoing severe drought. The wall project, which has received over forty-six billion dollars in federal funding across four states and represents one of the administration's top domestic priorities, has already sparked similar controversies in Texas and California.

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