A cease-and-desist order has been issued by Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham. This action is in response to work being done near Big Bend. A contractor had cleared over a mile of state-owned land for border wall construction.

The issue at hand is that this work was done without written permission from the state. As a result, Commissioner Buckingham has sent cease-and-desist letters to federal entities involved. Further details on this situation are available from the source, including the specifics of the cease-and-desist letters and the response from federal entities.