Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), enacted July 4, 2025, Congress allocated approximately how much funding for construction of the U.S.–Mexico border wall?

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H.R. 1 allocated $46.6 billion for construction of the U.S.–Mexico border wall—the largest single infrastructure appropriation for border barriers in American history. The Congressional Budget Office's June 29, 2025 analysis itemized the enforcement package: $30 billion for ICE operations, $46.6 billion for wall construction, $45 billion for detention centers, $4.1 billion for CBP hiring, and $10 billion in state grants. For comparison, President Trump's first-term wall funding totaled roughly $15 billion combined across Treasury forfeiture funds, Pentagon reprogramming, and direct appropriations—making H.R. 1's wall allocation more than triple the prior administration's entire border-barrier spending.

Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), enacted July 4, 2025, Congress allocated approximately how much funding for construction of the U.S.–Mexico border wall?

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