Big, Beautiful Bill Just Changed The Game On Immigration

Article publisher: 
Daily Caller
Article date: 
4 July 2025
Article category: 
National News
Medium
Article Body: 

... “Notably, Congress approved more than $60 billion in spending on border security infrastructure – providing for completion of the border wall and electronic equipment to detect the entry of illegal aliens and contraband, and additional Customs and Border Protection manpower and facilities to arrest and detain those who enter illegally,” Chatham [Joe Chatham, director of government relations for the Federation for American Immigration Reform] added...

The bill allocates more than $46 billion to wall construction and border barrier systems, according to the House Homeland Security Committee. This funding includes 701 miles of primary wall, 900 miles of river barriers and nearly 630 mules [miles] of secondary barriers, in addition to replacing more than 140 miles of pedestrian and vehicle barriers.

The legislation will also fund 5,000 new Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, 3,000 new Border Patrol agents and 200 new Air and Marine Operations agents, according to the committee...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the lowest nationwide encounters and apprehensions of migrants [illegal alien invaders] in history Wednesday. CBP reported just 25,243 nationwide encounters for the entire month of June...