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Saturday, April 18th, 2026

DHS announces next steps in Trump’s border wall

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced recently that Parsons Government Services, Inc., will oversee and manage the completion of President Donald Trump’s border wall.

DHS said the partnership will build upon the existing border wall started under Trump’s first term, and that this continuation of the construction will see efforts streamlined through its completion.

“This administration understood that we needed to hit the ground running and produce results right away, and that’s what we did,” Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said. “For the last nine months in a row, Border Patrol has released zero illegal aliens into the interior of the country, while CBP recorded the lowest total number of encounters in the agency’s history in 2025. Now, we’re ready to move forward with completing President Trump’s border wall. We’re accelerating our efforts by using private sector expertise with the unprecedented level of investment from President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Act.”

DHS said it will continue leveraging America’s best to deliver a completed border wall. Parsons will oversee and manage the project, and will work to ensure border wall construction is on time and under budget. The border wall construction will be paid for with funds from the One Big Beautiful Bill which provided DHS with $46.5 billion to complete the project. The amount is the largest border security investment in a generation, the department said.

The funding will provide modern infrastructure, advanced technology and increased law enforcement staffing to help secure the border. The funds will cover border barriers, non-intrusive inspection technology at ports of entry, fleet modernization, facility recapitalization, expanded hiring and increased training for Customs and Border Patrol’s workforce.

The wall is on track to be complete by early 2028, according to U.S. Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem.