Shortly after he was sworn into office, President Donald Trump unleashed a flurry of executive orders aimed at reversing his predecessor's legacy.

One of those reversals came when Trump commanded officials to start filling gaps in the wall along America's southern border. 

New border wall panels going up

According to Breitbart, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USBP) personnel have been instructed to erect new border wall panels.

That directive was publicized in a social media post put out this past Friday by Michael Banks, who serves as chief of the USBP.

USBP actively strengthens border security by refining strategies to deliver effective impedance and denial capabilities, addressing illegal cross-border activity head-on. Efforts like installing wall panels to fill critical gaps in Deming, New Mexico, exemplify our commitment to… pic.twitter.com/kCQ4pZwawm

— Chief Michael W. Banks (@USBPChief) January 24, 2025

"USBP actively strengthens border security by refining strategies to deliver effective impedance and denial capabilities, addressing illegal cross-border activity head-on," Banks wrote.

Texas forced to build its own border barriers

"Efforts like installing wall panels to fill critical gaps in Deming, New Mexico, exemplify our commitment to enhancing infrastructure and operational effectiveness," he continued.

"Agents drive these solutions by leveraging advanced technology and their ingenuity to adapt to evolving challenges, ensuring a more secure and managed border," the USBP chief went on to add.

Breitbart noted how the Biden administration refused to continue border wall construction efforts which began during Trump's first term in office.

That decision forced Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to undertake his own wall building program using state resources in 2023.

Court blocked Biden administration from removing barriers

"Our barriers around El Paso forced the migrants crossing illegally to enter into New Mexico," Abbott wrote in a social media post.

"They then entered into El Paso from there. To end that, we are building a barrier on the New Mexico border," the Republican governor explained.

Fox News reported that the Biden administration later deployed agents to remove razor wire barriers which Texas had put in place. However, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals subsequently issued an injunction which barred the White House from "damaging, destroying, or otherwise interfering with Texas’s [concertina wire] fence" unless faced with a medical emergency.

Texas complained in court that the administration had "not only illegally destroyed property owned by the State of Texas" but also "disrupted the State’s border security efforts, leaving gaps in Texas’s border barriers and damaging Texas’s ability to effectively deter illegal entry into its territory."