Rio Grande rage: Why are Texans just saying no to Trump's border wall?

Landowners and tourists, nature lovers and hunters, Democrats and Republicans speak out against plans to extend the border wall through Big Bend.

A bride in a frothy white gown. A groom holding a ring. An endless desert landscape of canyons against the open sky.

Now imagine, says the Texas wedding photographer Anna Claire Beasley, construction noise, bulldozed roads and a steel border fence as a backdrop.

Bipartisan opposition to the Trump administration's plans to construct a border wall through the Big Bend National Park in West Texas is growing, and the concerns are coming from business owners like Beasley; hunters and outdoor enthusiasts; local residents and both Republican and Democrat elected officials.

Beasley, based in Terlinqua, says she leads couples into the park for "adventure elopements" that capture a Texan spirit of "carving your own path," which the landscape reflects. A petition she started on Change.org opposing the wall has garnered roughly 40,000 signatures in a week's time.

"We are seeing people from all sides of the political spectrum who are saying no to the wall," she said. "We rely on tourism dollars to make a living and live out here. There is a real fear that if construction proceeds, we'll have to leave."