Did Congress give money in 2025 for border walls or immigration jail beds?

"Pachico, Elyssa (July 1, 2025). "Congress Approves Unprecedented Funding for Mass Deportation" . American Immigration Council"

"The FY 2025 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, H. R. 8752, would expand on that disaster by allocating $600 million in new wall funding, restricted to construction of 18-to-30-foot bollard pedestrian walls with anti-climb and anti-dig features"

"The bill requires obligation of these funds no later than 120 days after enactment."

"H.R. 8752 also fails to meet the president’s FY 2025 budget request for statutory language authorizing the transfer of up to $225 million in funding from the Department of Homeland Security to the land management agencies for environmental and other mitigation activities"

"This Act may be cited as the ‘‘WALL Act of 2025’’."

"Mrs. BRITT (for herself, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. RISCH, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. ROUNDS, and Mr. WICKER) introduced the following bill"

"referred to the Committee on Finance"

"During fiscal years 2017 through 2021, Congress appropriated over $5,800,000,000 for physical barriers to enhance security along the southern border."

"Detention capacity expansion $45 billion... Based on an estimate of detention costs that ICE provided to Congress in January 2025, we estimate that an additional $10.6 billion per year could likely fund an increase in ICE detention to at least 116,000 beds"

"The overwhelming majority of the funding for ICE detention will likely go to private companies contracted to build and run detention facilities... $8 billion per year spent on building and operating new “soft-sided” detention camps consisting primarily of tents and trailers."

"the bill provides $10 billion for a “State Border Security Reinforcement Fund” for constructing border barriers and apprehending migrants at the border."

"Importantly, these funds all need to be spent by September 30, 2029 but the agencies receiving them have significant discretion as to how to allocate them across the next 51 months."

"Release of the funds comes 14 months after Congress first authorized border reimbursement in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a key priority for Texas’ Republican delegation and Gov. Greg Abbott, who in the first week of President Donald Trump’s term publicly requested the federal government repay state border costs."

"Texas spent over $11 billion on border security through Abbott’s Operation Lone Star, funding border wall construction and river buoys, fencing and Texas National Guard and Department of Public Safety personnel who were sent to the region."

"January 3, 2025 Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself and Ms. Mace) introduced the following bill"

"which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Education and Workforce, and Appropriations"

"ICE has received more than $75 billion to expand operations since President Trump returned to office"

"Since January 2025, ICE invested billions of dollars in six new initiatives without conducting necessary analysis and planning."

"and wasted millions on scaled-back and mismanaged projects, a new GAO report found"

"ICE purchased 11 warehouses to renovate for detention purposes at a reported cost of about $1.07 billion."

"Given ICE’s unprecedented multi-year detention funding and the potential for continued waste of taxpayer dollars, more timely completion may be warranted."

"A January 2025 Executive Order directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain individuals apprehended for violations of immigration law to the extent permitted by law and to allocate all available resources for ICE detention purposes."