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Noem Makes the Case for the One Big Beautiful Bill's Border Security Funding
June 23, 2025 · The White House · 0:01:23
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What happened
Secretary Kristi Noem urged support for the bill then coming before Congress, describing it as a necessary resource for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, in the White House video. Noem said the bill contains over $46 billion not only to continue building wall infrastructure but to provide the surveillance and technology needed to secure every border — southern, northern and maritime — as she stated the funding figure.
She detailed further provisions as she presented them: $4.1 billion to hire 5,000 new CBP officers and 3,000 new Border Patrol agents, $2.7 billion for surveillance technologies, another $1 billion for the vehicle fleet, funding for ICE to hire 10,000 new officers, and capacity to double detention capabilities, as she stated the amounts. She also said the bill addresses salary and bonuses, arguing that taking care of the people who do the work, and their families, is what allows them to do their jobs with excellence, as she framed the personnel provisions.
Why it matters
The Secretary’s pitch is the border title of the One Big Beautiful Bill reduced to its ledger — wall and technology money, three separate hiring lines, and doubled detention capacity — delivered while the bill was still before Congress.
Scoreboard watch
Scoreboard watch: the border funding figures Noem cited for the pending bill — over $46 billion for infrastructure and technology, 5,000 CBP officers, 3,000 Border Patrol agents and 10,000 ICE officers — flagged for the scoreboard editor to check against the enacted legislation; no verdict is entered here.
Sources: The White House, “Secretary Kristi Noem on the One Big Beautiful Bill.”, 2025-06-23 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-06-23). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.