Rep. Chip Roy Introduces Bill to Codify Trump-Era Border Policies Into Law
The bill would codify Trump administration asylum and border security policies and pair them with a second reconciliation measure. Roy cited past Senate inaction on H.R. 2.
dailycaller.comRepublican Texas Rep. Chip Roy introduced the Permanent Trump Secure Border Act on Monday to codify President Trump’s asylum and border security policies into law. The legislation is modeled on the border package House Republicans passed last Congress.
Roy said he intends to link the measure to Republicans’ second reconciliation bill so that future Democratic administrations cannot reverse the policies. “President Trump’s most successful border security policies remain vulnerable because Congress has failed to codify them into law,” Roy told the Daily Caller.
R. 2, also known as the Secure the Border Act of 2023, passed the House in May 2023. It included provisions to build additional border wall and increase resources for the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection.
The bill did not advance in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Roy’s office noted that without statutory changes, the same Senate majority could reverse the policies that produced record-low border crossings, hundreds of thousands of deportations, and millions of self-deportations after President Trump took office.
Roy spoke at a news conference on Capitol Hill on October 20, 2025, during an earlier period when Congress had failed to reach a funding deal.
