DOI suppressed biologists’ warnings about impact of Trump’s proposed border wall, documents reveal
Federal government scientists raised red flags last year about President Trump’s proposed wall for the U.S.-Mexico border, suggesting that it could harm the habitats of imperiled species living in the ecologically diverse region. Constructing a physical barrier in southern Texas, some said, should be avoided if possible.
But a number of those concerns did not make it to border officials considering the wall’s construction.