Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico
The Trump administration has ordered construction crews on a border wall to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico after ranchers said pumping groundwater needed to make concrete could threaten their livestock.
Construction crews working on the border wall in New Mexico have been ordered to cease drilling wells. This directive comes after ranchers raised concerns that pumping groundwater for concrete production could jeopardize their livestock. The Trump administration has acted on these objections.
- Border wall construction crews in New Mexico were ordered to stop drilling wells.
- Ranchers expressed concerns that groundwater pumping for concrete would threaten livestock.
- The Trump administration issued the order following the ranchers’ objections.
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