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Father Roy Snipes, known locally as the Cowboy Priest, resisted plans to seize chapel land for construction of Donald Trump’s border wall.

A dispute over chapel property

Snipes became associated with opposition to the plans after officials sought to take land connected to the chapel for the border wall project. The available account identifies the property dispute but does not provide further details about the proposed seizure, its timing or its outcome.

Why the episode matters

The case places a local religious figure at the center of a broader political and land-use issue surrounding Trump’s border wall. Snipes’s resistance highlights how border infrastructure plans could affect property tied to religious institutions.

What is known

• Father Roy Snipes is known locally as the Cowboy Priest.
• He resisted plans to seize chapel land.
• The land was intended for construction of Trump’s border wall.

The available information does not establish whether the land was ultimately taken or whether the border wall plans moved forward at that location.