Feds Sue to Stop Private Border Wall Group From Building Wall

The federal government is seeking to put the brakes on a group that includes former Trump official Stephen Bannon and that has raised more than $25 million to construct a barrier along the southern border of the United States.

We Build the Wall Inc. may have violated United States treaty obligations by clear-cutting a 120-foot wide swath of land along the Rio Grande River without complying with the requirements of the United States International Boundary and Water Commission, the complaint alleges.

The government is seeking an injunction to prevent further action by the group until the commission completes its hydraulic ...