Determination Pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as Amended

Homeland Security posted a Section 102 determination under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act — the waiver path used for certain border infrastructure.

Section 102 determinations are how DHS documents which laws it is waiving for a named border project. The Federal Register filing is the public record of that call.

Filing abstract (agency text): The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international land border in the state of New Mexico.

Border communities, state attorneys general, and environmental counsel: read the named project and waived statutes in the official determination text.

Federal Register filing: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/02/2026-20233/determination-pursuant-to-section-102-of-the-illegal-immigration-reform-and-immigrant-responsibility

This is a Notice Nearby publisher-desk Federal brief — a short in-house summary of a public federal filing. It is not official agency minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication. It does not satisfy a statutory notice requirement.