DHS Skips Rules to Speed Up Texas Border Wall Building Frenzy
Published Date: 11/19/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Homeland Security is speeding up the building of barriers and roads along the Texas border by temporarily skipping some usual rules and laws. This move helps stop illegal crossings and keeps the country safer, starting November 19, 2025. It affects border construction projects and aims to get things done faster without delays, but doesn’t mention extra costs.
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2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Major Federal Law Waivers in Texas
For construction of barriers and roads in a defined area of the Del Rio Sector, Texas, the Secretary waived in their entirety many federal laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the Clean Air Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and others. The waiver applies only to the project area (approximately between GPS points 29.085296, -100.664131 and 28.020252, -100.005314) and is tied to construction activities such as site access, staging areas, earthwork, installation and upkeep of barriers, roads, drainage, lighting, cameras, and sensors.
Expedited Border Construction Begins Nov 19, 2025
The Department of Homeland Security will immediately begin expedited construction of additional physical barriers and roads in a segment of the Del Rio Sector, Texas, effective November 19, 2025. DHS cites that between fiscal year 2021 and July 2025 Border Patrol apprehended over 1,408,600 illegal entrants in the Del Rio Sector and seized specified quantities of illicit drugs as the basis for taking immediate action in the GPS-defined project area.
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