President Donald Trump ordered the hiring of 10,000 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and 5,000 additional border patrol agents.
54 additional immigration judges have been hired since President Trump took office to relieve their overburdened courts, and new immigration judges are hired every month.President Trump has acted to build a wall to finally secure the southern border and prevent illegal immigration from spilling across the country.
To jumpstart construction on the border wall, President Trump ordered the Department of Homeland Security to use $20 million of unspent appropriations in its account for border security, fencing, and infrastructure.
The Department of Homeland Security has authorized a waiver to expedite a 15-mile stretch of wall near San Diego.
President Trump ordered the creation of the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office at DHS, ensuring victims of criminal acts by illegal aliens are no longer ignored by the Federal Government.
