Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin says President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” will provide her department with material and funding for the border wall and about 3,000 more border patrol agents.
“We’re going to with this big, beautiful bill…we’ll get about 3000 new border patrol agents,” McLaughlin said. “We’ll get cutting-edge technology, hundreds more miles of wall, which we need. We know a physical barrier matters.”
The Senate on Tuesday morning passed Trump’s “big beautiful bill” in a 50-50 vote, with Vice President J.D. Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. The House approved the bill Thursday and Trump signed it into law Friday during a festive Fourth of July celebration at the White House.
The law includes key components of Trump’s campaigned-upon agenda, such as no taxes on tips, increased border security funding and extending his 2017 tax cuts.
“We know a physical barrier matters, and it does prevent people from illegally entering our country,” McLaughlin said.
McLaughlin pointed out the lower number of illegal immigrants at the U.S. southern border has freed up border patrol agents to be able to focus on deportations. “They’re not stuck at the processing centers,” she said.
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