U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) is pushing Congress to pass legislation that will facilitate the completion of the wall at the southern border while also minimizing the cost of the project for American taxpayers.
The WALL Act, reintroduced and sponsored by the Alabama lawmaker, would appropriate $25 billion to finish building the wall without raising taxes on U.S. citizens or increasing the national debt. It would be funded through the closure of loopholes and the elimination of taxpayer-funded entitlements and tax benefits for people who are in the United States illegally. Additionally, the bill would impose monetary fines on people who come into the country illegally or overstay their visas.
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On Wednesday, in an op-ed for the Washington Times, the Senator argued that now is the time to pass her bill.
“As President Donald Trump begins his second term in the White House,” Britt wrote, “there is one infrastructure project that towers above the rest: the construction of a wall on our southern border.”
The American people have spoken: It’s time to finish building the wall. My WALL Act would appropriate $25B for border security without raising taxes on U.S. citizens or adding to our debt.
Read my @WashTimes column: https://t.co/XqpFx2BQ3Y
— Senator Katie Boyd Britt (@SenKatieBritt) April 2, 2025
Britt said one of the main reasons President Trump was elected to a second term was to secure the border and stop illegal immigration.
“When the American people sent President Trump back to the Oval Office in November, they delivered a verdict,” she argued. “They let lawmakers in Washington, D.C., know that they would no longer tolerate elected officials neglecting the needs of the people they’re meant to represent.”
The Senator believes her bill gives Trump the necessary tools to fulfill one of his main campaign promises.
“It is long past time to finish building the wall, and this bill would put us on the path to doing just that,” she said. “It would appropriate the funding necessary to complete construction of our border wall and allow President Trump to do so without raising taxes on American citizens or increasing our national debt by a single cent.”
“For many Americans, the word ‘infrastructure’ may conjure images of road maintenance and bridge construction, and to be sure, these are critically important projects,” Britt added. “But what the WALL Act demonstrates is that the strength of our country’s infrastructure is also the strength of our national security. Turning the WALL Act into law will ensure both are strong for years to come.”
Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on Twitter @Yaffee
