Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements

What it means

Directs the Department of Homeland Security to begin construction of a physical wall along the US-Mexico border and take steps to strengthen immigration enforcement. It calls for hiring 5,000 additional Border Patrol agents and ending the "catch and release" policy.

Expected impact

• Enhanced border security through construction of a physical barrier along the southern border
• Increased detention of undocumented immigrants awaiting removal proceedings
• Greater cooperation between federal immigration authorities and state/local law enforcement
• More stringent enforcement of asylum and parole provisions
• Challenges in funding and implementing the full border wall construction
• Likely legal challenges from immigration advocacy groups regarding detention policies