DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday that a primary border wall from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of America will be finished by “this time next year.”
“We are on track to have the primary wall done, completed from the Pacific to the Gulf of America this time next year,” Mullin said. “We’ll have all contracts out by the end of this month. And we’re having great progress.”
“We are on track to have the primary wall done from the Pacific to the Gulf of America this time next year.”
Mullin explained cartels learned how to cut and breach sections of the border wall — forcing the need for a secondary barrier to back up the primary wall.
“So we’re putting 150 foot some places, sometimes smaller than that, for a secondary wall that they got to go over, plus a smart wall, which will tell us approximately how many people are there,” he added. “The smart wall is pretty impressive. We can put a drone in the sky to immediately keep eyes on them.”
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin on the border wall:
“We are on track to have the primary wall done from the Pacific to the Gulf of America this time next year. This is the primary wall. We also have to push out a secondary wall because the cartels and criminals have been going in… pic.twitter.com/6Htgq31HI4
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Mullin said the second wall barrier should be complete by the summer of 2028.
Under the Biden administration, Border Patrol saw a daily average of 5,110 illegal migrants cross the border. Under President Trump’s second term, illegal border crossings fell to historic lows — and the GOP-led “Big Beautiful Bill” unlocked funding for enhanced security.
The routine hearing turned contentious when Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) accused Mullin of spreading “bigoted and racist words” on social media, promoting “great replacement theory.”
“It’s interesting how you make those claims and give no facts, but yet your party’s the one that’s supporting the guy that’s got a Nazi tattoo on his chest in Maine,” Mullin shot back.
“There [are] no facts. You throw out nationalism and Nazism, and that’s exactly what causes the hatred and violence that happens to our officers every single day, and you should be ashamed of using that,” Mullin fired.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin TORCHES Democrat Rep. Shri Thanedar for slandering law enforcement officers.
MULLIN: “Your party is the one supporting a guy with a Nazi tattoo.” pic.twitter.com/7HdvZwbyyM
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