# 2025-20809: DHS Says Laws Are Optional When Building Texas Walls

2025-20809, 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 2025-11-25, effective 2025-11-25; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20809
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20809
- 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 53375
- Published: 2025-11-25
- Effective: 2025-11-25
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

DHS Says Laws Are Optional When Building Texas Walls

## 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 25, 2025. It affects border communities and aims to make border security faster and more effective without delay.

## 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

- Waiving Laws to Speed Texas Border Build: cost, medium. Starting November 25, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security will waive many federal and related state laws so it can immediately build barriers and roads in a project area of the El Paso Border Patrol Sector in Texas. The waiver covers access to project areas, use of staging areas, earthwork, e…

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## Sources
- [2025-20809 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/25/2025-20809/determination-pursuant-to-section-102-of-the-illegal-immigration-reform-and-immigrant-responsibility)
- [2025-20809 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-25/pdf/2025-20809.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20809 (as of 2026-06-08).