Executive Order 13767

Executive Order 13767
Border Security and
Immigration Enforcement Improvements
Seal of the President of the United States
President Donald Trump displays the executive order, January 25, 2017
Executive Order 13767, as published in the Federal Register
TypeExecutive order
Executive Order number13767
Signed byDonald Trump on January 25, 2017 (2017-01-25)
Federal Register details
Federal Register document number2017-02095
Publication dateJanuary 30, 2017 (2017-01-30)
Document citation82 FR 8793
Summary
  • Calls for construction of a physical wall across the southern border of the United States
  • Calls for the hiring of additional Border Patrol agents

Executive Order 13767, titled Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements, was issued by United States President Donald Trump on January 25, 2017.[1][2] The order directs a wall, colloquially called the "Trump wall",[3] to be built along the Mexico–United States border. On December 22, 2018, the federal government went into a shutdown due to Trump's demand for $5.6 billion in federal funds to begin work on the wall. By January 12, 2019, the shutdown became the longest budget shutdown in U.S. history.[4][5]

The wall was a central presidential campaign promise.[6] Trump repeatedly pledged that Mexico would "pay for that wall" and on many occasions falsely asserted that it was doing so; in fact, Mexico never contributed anything to wall construction, and the Trump administration steered millions of dollars in U.S. taxpayer money to wall construction, diverting funds from the military construction budget and other sources.[7][8] The Trump administration sought $18 billion in funding.[9]

In late 2017 the Department of Homeland Security paid about $3 million for the construction of eight prototypes near San Diego, California, with local taxpayers spending about $2.3 million in security.[10] In November 2017 SWF Construction won an $18 million contract to replace an existing 2-mile wall[9] in Calexico, California. Construction began in February 2018.

The executive order was revoked by Trump's successor, President Joe Biden.[11]

  1. ^ "Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements". White House Office of the Press Secretary. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  2. ^ Jeremy Diamond (January 26, 2017). "Trump orders construction of border wall, boosts deportation force". CNN.
  3. ^ Lucy Rodgers and Dominic Bailey (January 21, 2019). "Trump wall – all you need to know about US border in seven charts". BBC News.
  4. ^ "Government Shutdown 2019". Politico. October 9, 2023.
  5. ^ "Due to the government shutdown, the National Christmas tree has gone dark". December 24, 2018.
  6. ^ Beck, Margery A. "Army Corps faces questions about vetting Nebraska startup given $11M border wall contract". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  7. ^ Calvin Woodward (February 29, 2020). "AP FACT CHECK: Trump revives false claim on wall at CPAC". Associated Press.
  8. ^ Jane C. Timm (January 12, 2021). "Fact check: Mexico never paid for it. But what about Trump's other border wall promises?". NBC News.
  9. ^ a b "Border wall work begins in downtown Calexico". Associated Press. February 21, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  10. ^ Yurkevich, Vanessa. "Trump's wall hasn't been built yet, but it's already cost taxpayers millions". CNN. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference EO14010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).