I’ve walked our southwest border, seen the chaos that’s unfolded over the last four years, and heard directly from Customs and Border Protection personnel who were stretched thin, worn down, and under-resourced. They told me that walls work, technology works, and when we combine both, America is safer.

President Donald Trump understands this. That’s why he built hundreds of miles of new border wall in his first term and gave our agents the tools they requested. But on Day One of the Biden administration, former President Joe Biden halted construction, leaving piles of paid-for materials to rot in the desert while cartels ran wild. Taxpayers got stuck with a $72 million bill to guard unused materials. Then the Biden administration quietly auctioned off the parts for pennies on the dollar.