# Texas Matters:  SB4 is blocked, and West Texas border wall moves forward

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Podcast: [Texas Matters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/texas-matters-537140)
Published: 2026-05-15T22:59:29+00:00
Episode link: https://www.tpr.org/podcast/texas-matters/2026-05-15/texas-matters-sb4-is-blocked-and-west-texas-border-wall-moves-forward
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This week on Texas Matters: Sections of SB4 are blocked — which would have allowed local police to arrest suspected illegal border crossers. And Despite outcry in West Texas the efforts to build the border wall in Big Bend Country continues.

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