Border Wall Revival: More Staff, Tech, and Swift Removals Now
Published Date: 1/30/2025
Presidential Document
Summary
The government is stepping up to secure the U.S. borders by building a physical wall, adding more staff, and using better technology. This plan affects anyone trying to enter the country illegally, aiming to stop illegal crossings, hold those caught until they’re removed, and speed up deportations. These changes start right away and will use big resources to keep America safe and in control.
Analyzed Economic Effects
8 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 8 costs, 0 mixed.
Build physical wall and barriers
The order directs the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to deploy and construct temporary and permanent physical barriers on the southern border to achieve "complete operational control". This directive appears in Section 3 of the order dated January 20, 2025.
Deploy more personnel to southern border
Section 4 requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to deploy sufficient personnel along the southern border to ensure "complete operational control," and directs the Attorney General and DHS to supplement personnel under specified INA authorities. The order is dated January 20, 2025.
End catch-and-release; expand detention
Section 5 directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to detain, to the fullest extent permitted by law, aliens apprehended for immigration violations and to issue guidance or propose regulations to terminate the practice known as "catch-and-release." This directive is contained in the order dated January 20, 2025.
Resume Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)
Section 6 directs DHS, in coordination with State and the Attorney General, to resume the Migrant Protection Protocols in all sectors along the southern border and ensure aliens described in 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)(C) are returned to the territory from which they came, "as soon as practicable." The order is dated January 20, 2025.
Stop CBP One parole use
Section 7(a) directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to cease using the "CBP One" application as a method of paroling or facilitating the entry of otherwise inadmissible aliens into the United States. The order was issued January 20, 2025.
Terminate categorical parole programs
Section 7(b) directs termination of all categorical parole programs that are contrary to the order's policies, explicitly including the program known as the "Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans." This direction appears in the January 20, 2025 order.
DNA collection and family verification for detainees
Section 9 directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to fulfill the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005 requirements for all aliens detained under U.S. authority and instructs DHS to use technologies to determine the validity of claimed familial relationships for encountered or apprehended aliens. This requirement is in the order dated January 20, 2025.
Prioritize prosecution of smuggling and trafficking
Section 10 directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize prosecution of offenses related to the borders, including human smuggling, human trafficking, child trafficking, and sex trafficking. The order is dated January 20, 2025.
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