It was not immediately clear how long the construction pause would last.
Federal agents were attempting to apprehend the 34-year-old man near Arivaca, Arizona, when he shot at a Border Patrol helicopter and at agents, the FBI said.
A federal judge said Wednesday that an order by President Donald Trump suspending asylum access at the southern border was unlawful, throwing into doubt one of the key pillars of the president's plan to crack down on migration at the southern border.
New immigration numbers show that overall deportations have been down this year from the last since the Trump Administration's policies, but there's a lot more to the story than those numbers show.
Southern border agents say illegal border crossings have been on the decline since last fiscal year, but deportation flights are on the rise.