# 2025-11154: Border Fence Gets a Fast-Track, Paperwork-Skipping Federal Boost

2025-11154, Determination Pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as Amended, is a Federal Register notice from Homeland Security Department published 2025-06-18, effective 2025-06-18; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11154
- As of: 2026-11-03
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11154
- Title: Determination Pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as Amended
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Homeland Security Department
- Citation: 90 FR 26060
- Published: 2025-06-18
- Effective: 2025-06-18
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

Border Fence Gets a Fast-Track, Paperwork-Skipping Federal Boost

## Summary

Starting June 18, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security is speeding up building fences and roads along the Texas border by skipping some usual rules and paperwork. This move helps stop illegal crossings and keeps the country safer without delays. It affects border communities and aims to boost security quickly, with no extra costs mentioned yet.

## Abstract

The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international land border in the state of Texas.

## Effects PRIA read

- Waiver of Major Environmental and Historic Laws: mixed, high. On June 18, 2025, the Secretary of Homeland Security waived, for construction of barriers and roads in the project area, a long list of federal statutes in their entirety, including the National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, National Historic Preservation Act, M…
- Immediate Construction in Rio Grande Valley Project Area: mixed, high. DHS will immediately construct additional physical barriers and roads in the U.S. Border Patrol Rio Grande Valley Sector in specific segments described in the notice. The project area is defined by multiple named start points and distances (for example: a 0.25-mile stretch at Farm to Market Road 14…

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## Sources
- [2025-11154 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/18/2025-11154/determination-pursuant-to-section-102-of-the-illegal-immigration-reform-and-immigrant-responsibility)
- [2025-11154 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-18/pdf/2025-11154.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11154 (as of 2026-11-03).