Executive Order 13767

{{short description|Executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox U.S. Presidential Document

| longtitle = Border Security and
Immigration Enforcement Improvements

| depiction = President Trump's First 100 Days- 4 (33541518624).jpg

| depictioncaption = President Donald Trump displays the executive order, January 25, 2017

| depictionalt =

| documentimage = Executive Order 13767.pdf

| documentcaption = Executive Order 13767, as published in the Federal Register

| signeddate = {{Start date|2017|01|25}}

| signedpresident = Donald Trump

| summary = {{bullet list|Calls for construction of a physical wall across the southern border of the United States|Calls for the hiring of additional Border Patrol agents}}

| type = Executive order

| executiveorder = 13767

| publicationdate = {{Start date|2017|01|30}}

| documentnumber = 2017-02095

| documentcitation = 82 FR 8793

}}

Executive Order 13767, titled Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements, was issued by United States president Donald Trump on January 25, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/25/executive-order-border-security-and-immigration-enforcement-improvements|title=Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements|publisher=White House Office of the Press Secretary|access-date=January 30, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/donald-trump-build-wall-immigration-executive-orders/|title=Trump orders construction of border wall, boosts deportation force|date=January 26, 2017|publisher=CNN|author=Jeremy Diamond|author-link=Jeremy Diamond (journalist)}} The order directs a wall to be built along the Mexico–United States border.{{cite web |author=Lucy Rodgers and Dominic Bailey |date=2019-01-21 |title=Trump wall – all you need to know about US border in seven charts |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46824649 |website=BBC News}} On December 22, 2018, the federal government went into a shutdown due to Trump's demand for $5.6 billion in federal funds to begin work on the wall. By January 12, 2019, the shutdown became the longest budget shutdown in U.S. history.{{Cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/latest-news-updates/government-shutdown-2018 | title=Government Shutdown 2019| website=Politico| date=October 9, 2023}}{{Cite web | url=https://qz.com/1506734/the-national-christmas-tree-is-closed-due-to-the-government-shutdown/ | title=Due to the government shutdown, the National Christmas tree has gone dark| date=December 24, 2018}}

The wall was a central presidential campaign promise.{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-army-corps-nebraska-startup-border-wall-20180323-story.html|title=Army Corps faces questions about vetting Nebraska startup given $11M border wall contract|last=Beck|first=Margery A.|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=2018-07-06|language=en-US}} Trump repeatedly pledged that Mexico would "pay for that wall" and on many occasions falsely asserted that it was doing so; in fact, Mexico never contributed anything to wall construction, and the Trump administration steered millions of dollars in U.S. taxpayer money to wall construction, diverting funds from the military construction budget and other sources.{{Cite web|title=AP FACT CHECK: Trump revives false claim on wall at CPAC|work=Associated Press|author=Calvin Woodward|date=February 29, 2020|url=https://apnews.com/article/28e60e866f6d32cdadedd126e292eba7}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-mexico-never-paid-it-what-about-trump-s-n1253983|publisher=NBC News|title=Fact check: Mexico never paid for it. But what about Trump's other border wall promises?|author=Jane C. Timm|date=January 12, 2021}} The Trump administration sought $18 billion in funding.

In late 2017 the Department of Homeland Security paid about $3 million for the construction of eight prototypes near San Diego, California, with local taxpayers spending about $2.3 million in security.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/08/us/border-wall-prototypes-cost-taxpayers/index.html|title=Trump's wall hasn't been built yet, but it's already cost taxpayers millions|last=Yurkevich|first=Vanessa |work=CNN|access-date=2018-07-06}} In November 2017 SWF Construction won an $18 million contract to replace an existing 2-mile wall{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-border-wall-20180221-story.html|title=Border wall work begins in downtown Calexico|publisher=Associated Press|date=21 February 2018|access-date=17 May 2018}} in Calexico, California. Construction began in February 2018.

The executive order was revoked by Trump's successor, President Joe Biden.