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DHS Targets 2027 Border Wall; LA Drug Bust Exposes Flow

5/8/2026

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DHS announced a plan to finish the border wall from the Pacific to the Gulf by mid-2027.
Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the wall will be completed by April-June 2027 and a wall built before president leaves office.
Agents reported arresting 18 people in Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park, seizing 40 pounds of fentanyl and methamphetamine, and finding the raid showed drugs entering at the southern border reaching urban communities, reinforcing enforcement focus.

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DHS announced a plan to finish the border wall from the Pacific to the Gulf by mid-2027.
Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the wall will be completed by April-June 2027 and a wall built before president leaves office.
Agents reported arresting 18 people in Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park, seizing 40 pounds of fentanyl and methamphetamine, and finding the raid showed drugs entering at the southern border reaching urban communities, reinforcing enforcement focus.