Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy introduced legislation Monday to make President Donald Trump’s border policies permanent, the Daily Caller learned.
The Permanent Trump Secure Border Act would codify the Trump administration’s immigration policies on asylum and border security and is modeled after the border package House Republicans passed last Congress, according to bill text obtained by the Caller. Roy is also looking to couple these reforms with the Republicans’ second attempt at a reconciliation bill to prevent Democrats from reversing Trump’s policies in the future. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Chip Roy Targets Egregious H1-B Abuses, Protecting White Collar Jobs)
“President Trump’s most successful border security policies remain vulnerable because Congress has failed to codify them into law,” Roy told the Caller. “If we fail to act now, we risk returning to the chaos and crisis we saw under President Biden the next time Democrats take power.”
“House Republicans already passed the blueprint in H.R. 2 last Congress,” Roy added. “We must pair these critical reforms with Reconciliation 2.0 and finally make border security permanent.”
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 20: Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on October 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. The government remains shut down after Congress failed to reach a funding deal 20 days ago. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Republicans previously tried to pass H.R. 2 in the 11th Congress, also known as the Secure the Border Act of 2023. This was a large immigration and border security package that the House passed in May of 2023, which would have implemented numerous reforms like building more border wall and boosting resources to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This would have extended to other enforcement agencies within DHS like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: GOP Rep Introduces Bill Banning Foreign Adversaries From Buying American Homes)
The bill was dead on arrival in the Senate, which was controlled by Democrats at the time.
Without the legislation, the very same Democrats that killed H.R. 2 are likely to reverse many, if not all, of Trump’s policies that successfully shut down the border after he took office, Roy’s office contends. Border crossings hit record lows for the first time in decades while hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens were deported and millions more self-deported.