{"id":2410272,"date":"2025-03-05T19:50:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T00:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-shares-trumps-second-term-vision-a-2000-mile-border-wall-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T19:53:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T00:53:22","slug":"vance-shares-trumps-second-term-vision-a-2000-mile-border-wall-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-shares-trumps-second-term-vision-a-2000-mile-border-wall-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance shares Trump&#8217;s second term vision: A 2,000-mile border wall &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-shares-trumps-second-term-vision-a-2000-mile-border-wall-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2410272&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance wants Trump to &lsquo;build the entire border wall&rsquo; by 2029<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1993383\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EAGLE PASS, Texas<\/strong> <strong>&mdash;<\/strong> Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JD Vance<\/a> wants President Donald Trump&rsquo;s second term to end with a border wall that extends the full length of the 2,000-mile southern border.<\/p>\n<p>During a visit Wednesday afternoon to what was not long ago the epicenter of the Biden-era <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">border<\/a> crisis, Vance descended on the small, remote town of Eagle Pass, Texas, in a Blackhawk helicopter to reinforce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s victory message to Congress a day earlier, but he also offered a new vision.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3338439\/chicago-landlords-pay-threaten-to-call-ice-tenants\/\">Chicago landlord must pay $80,000 for threatening to call ICE on tenants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3337693\/vance-visits-us-mexico-border\/\">Vance to visit US-Mexico border in first trip as vice president<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3337419\/trump-executive-order-honoring-jocelyn-nungaray-joint-address\/\">Trump signs executive order honoring Jocelyn Nungaray ahead of joint address<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The president&rsquo;s hope is that by the end of the term, we build the entire border wall,&rdquo; Vance said during a press conference just steps from the international boundary between Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, in Mexico.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Live on the border with Vance who is taking a lap celebrating Trump&rsquo;s victory shutting down the border <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4mqqW73Lub\">pic.twitter.com\/4mqqW73Lub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anna_Giaritelli\/status\/1897393083266048083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The trip was his first to the southern border since becoming vice president and signified a broader role in public policy matters that Trump has entrusted him with since taking office in January.<\/p>\n<p>Vance&rsquo;s wall comment followed a helicopter trip along the border wall, which he marveled over during a flyover before the press event.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We took the helicopter ride over here, and we saw a big chunk of border wall. And I said, &lsquo;Is that the federal government&rsquo;s border wall?&rsquo; And they said, &lsquo;Well, it was ordered during the first Trump administration that Joe Biden wouldn&rsquo;t let us actually build it,&#8217;&rdquo; Vance recounted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President JD Vance speaks at the Border Patrol Station South during a visit to the U.S. border with Mexico, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Brandon Bell\/Pool via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The border wall was a central component of Trump&rsquo;s 2016 presidential campaign but less so during his run in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Vance flew from Washington to Del Rio, Texas, Wednesday morning, then took a helicopter roughly 60 miles southeast to Eagle Pass, which allowed him to see the remoteness of the borderlands in this region.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NOW: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JDVance<\/a> arrives on the border in Eagle Pass <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XJsy7pVred\">pic.twitter.com\/XJsy7pVred<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anna_Giaritelli\/status\/1897390246809231399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The vice president sat down at a private roundtable in Eagle Pass with Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX), Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX), Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks, National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez, and Eagle Pass Mayor Rolando Salinas.<\/p>\n<p>In a secure outdoor setting, Vance spoke in front of two armored military vehicles with his back to the Mexico border, just a few dozen feet behind him. Secret Service agents stood atop cargo ship containers that surrounded an enclosed area in a large field neighboring the Rio Grande. Six mounted Border Patrol agents stood at the entrance and watched over the event.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), who represents an 800-mile stretch of the southern border and both border towns, joined Vance on the trip. Gonzales told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that he was &ldquo;grateful&rdquo; Vance chose to visit this particular stretch of international boundary.<\/p>\n<p>Arrests of immigrants who illegally crossed the southern border fell in February to the lowest level recorded by the Border Patrol <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3334919\/republicans-praise-trump-migrant-arrests-drop-lowest-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">since 1967<\/a>. The drop in illegal immigration came just weeks after Trump entered office and took more than a dozen executive actions that stowed up border security and targeted illegal immigrants for deportation. The actions halted immigrants and handed Republicans a big victory early on in Trump&rsquo;s term.<\/p>\n<p>During his speech Tuesday evening, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3337419\/trump-executive-order-honoring-jocelyn-nungaray-joint-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">touted<\/a> a 95%&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3334919\/republicans-praise-trump-migrant-arrests-drop-lowest-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reduction<\/a>&nbsp;in illegal immigrant arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border compared to high points during the Biden administration and vowed to go after all criminals in the United States illegally who have targeted Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a conservative think tank summit in Austin, Texas, last month, Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3323543\/greg-abbott-illegal-crossings-eagle-pass-texas-drop-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">revealed<\/a> that illegal border crossings in Eagle Pass had plummeted in the month since Trump was sworn into office &mdash; from thousands of people per day to very few.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) holds a news conference as members of the Texas National Guard prepare to deploy to the Texas-Mexico border in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 8, 2023. The Title 42 policy, a federal rule that has allowed the government to strictly regulate border entries, is set to expire this week. (AP Photo\/Eric Gay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vance, a former Ohio senator, has increasingly taken on more matters and expanded his portfolio in recent weeks, including with Wednesday&rsquo;s trip to the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Vance sat next to Trump during last week&rsquo;s showdown in the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3336019\/vance-zelensky-ukraine-russia-ceasefire-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">went after<\/a> the foreign leader for how, he said, Ukraine took America&rsquo;s billions of dollars in aid for granted.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3323543\/greg-abbott-illegal-crossings-eagle-pass-texas-drop-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">GREG ABBOTT: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CROSSINGS IN EAGLE PASS NEARLY CEASE UNDER TRUMP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In February, Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3328534\/jd-vance-speak-national-catholic-prayer-breakfast-pope\/\">wad<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3328534\/jd-vance-speak-national-catholic-prayer-breakfast-pope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ed into<\/a> religious matters and called out the Catholic Church and alleged bishops for being more &ldquo;worried about their bottom line&rdquo; after losing $100 million in federal grant funding, which Catholic charities received to help illegal immigrants at the border.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also recently entrusted Vance to travel to the Munich Security Conference in Germany as the face of his administration, where Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3320306\/jd-vance-european-allies-free-speech-munich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">scolded<\/a> European allies for not doing more to protect free speech.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1993383\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1993383\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance urges Trump to complete the full border wall by 2029<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2410273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vance-Border.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2410272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Vance-Border.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2410272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2410274,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2410272\/revisions\/2410274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2410272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2410272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2410272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}