Border security
How the U.S. controls who and what crosses its borders, including a border wall, Border Patrol agents and technology, screening at ports of entry, and whether people stopped at the border are held, released or sent to wait in Mexico.
What they call for
DemocratsRepublicans5 new members addressed this issue (with these filters). Many call for more than one thing.
Secure the border5Finish building the border wall3End the release of people caught crossing the border3Fund border security with more agents and resources2Reinstate the Remain in Mexico policy2Make border security policies permanent, whoever is president2Stop cartels from smuggling drugs and people across the border1
Secure the border
5 members“Andy Barr believes we must deport all criminal illegals and secure the border.”View on their website ↗
“Andy voted for the largest border security bill in history that sent record resources to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to seal our border in 2025.”View on their website ↗
“Andy will always fight to keep our border secure.”View on their website ↗
“Whether it was successfully leading the defense of President Trump’s authority in federal court to build the wall in his first term or voting to send record resources to CBP through the Big Beautiful Bill to secure the border, I will always stand side-by-side with the men and women of the NBPC.”View on their website ↗
“If we refuse to secure our borders, continue to ship our manufacturing jobs overseas, and assume that our energy needs can be met by countries who are hostile to our way of life and culture, our future generations, our children and grandchildren, will suffer the most.”View on their website ↗
“Every day that we fail to stop drugs, human trafficking, and hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens flooding across our border, we are destroying our country’s sovereignty and squandering the future for our children and grandchildren. President Trump spent four years securing our border, thereby reducing the human misery that is so obviously caused by the open-border policy we are witnessing now.”View on their website ↗
“Secure The Border”View on their website ↗
“I am proud to have voted for historic funding and investment for our border security in the One Big Beautiful Bill, which helped provide the Trump administration with the resources they need to keep our border secure and the American people safe.”View on their website ↗
“In the Senate, I will stay focused on the priorities that matter most to Louisiana families: keeping the border secure, stopping the flow of fentanyl, protecting election integrity, defending life, standing up for parents’ rights, protecting the Second Amendment, supporting Louisiana energy, and reining in Washington by cutting spending and shrinking the federal bureaucracy.”View on their website ↗
“In the Senate, Julia will work alongside President Trump to keep the border secure, lower costs for working families, assert American energy dominance, protect parents' rights, defend election integrity, and fight for the people and industries that make Louisiana strong.”View on their website ↗
“Barry champions secure borders, deportation, and English as official language.”View on their website ↗
“He has voted repeatedly to cut taxes, secure our border, and build an economy around working families rather than Wall Street.”View on their website ↗
“Congress must act to secure the border permanently so that the next Democrat president cannot allow millions of illegals to flood across our border.”View on their website ↗
“In the Senate, Barry will be a champion for border security and immigration enforcement.”View on their website ↗
Finish building the border wall
3 members“Restarting border wall construction”View on their website ↗
“I was with Trump every step of the way, leading the fight to help him build the wall, and fund the largest deportation effort in history.”View on their website ↗
“When Goodlatte II failed, Andy Barr then led the legal effort in court to defend President Trump’s authority to build the wall.”View on their website ↗
“Whether it was successfully leading the defense of President Trump’s authority in federal court to build the wall in his first term or voting to send record resources to CBP through the Big Beautiful Bill to secure the border, I will always stand side-by-side with the men and women of the NBPC.”View on their website ↗
“To protect our nation’s security and sovereignty, I voted to fund the border wall (H.R.695), and I cosponsored the No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act (H.R.768) to stop public funding for colleges that do not follow federal immigration law.”View on their website ↗
“I also stood with the President by voting against the Democrats’ resolution to overturn his national emergency order to build the wall on our southern border (H.J.Res. 46).”View on their website ↗
“Finish construction of the border wall”View on their website ↗
End the release of people caught crossing the border
3 members“Ending catch and release”View on their website ↗
“I have also cosponsored many pieces of legislation to codify President Trump’s border policies including the Remain in Mexico Act, which would require aliens who are not clearly admissible to return to Mexico while awaiting their immigration proceedings, rather than being released into the United States interior with no accountability, as was done by the Biden administration.”View on their website ↗
“End catch-and-release policies”View on their website ↗
Fund border security with more agents and resources
2 members“Andy voted for the largest border security bill in history that sent record resources to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to seal our border in 2025.”View on their website ↗
“Funding to hire more border agents”View on their website ↗
“Whether it was successfully leading the defense of President Trump’s authority in federal court to build the wall in his first term or voting to send record resources to CBP through the Big Beautiful Bill to secure the border, I will always stand side-by-side with the men and women of the NBPC.”View on their website ↗
“I am proud to have voted for historic funding and investment for our border security in the One Big Beautiful Bill, which helped provide the Trump administration with the resources they need to keep our border secure and the American people safe.”View on their website ↗
“I authored legislation included in the One Big Beautiful Bill, the WIRED Act, based on Oklahoma’s successful policy taxing wire transfers sent out of the country to fund our border security.”View on their website ↗
Reinstate the Remain in Mexico policy
2 members“Reinstating the Remain in Mexico policy”View on their website ↗
“I have also cosponsored many pieces of legislation to codify President Trump’s border policies including the Remain in Mexico Act, which would require aliens who are not clearly admissible to return to Mexico while awaiting their immigration proceedings, rather than being released into the United States interior with no accountability, as was done by the Biden administration.”View on their website ↗
Make border security policies permanent, whoever is president
2 members“I have also cosponsored many pieces of legislation to codify President Trump’s border policies including the Remain in Mexico Act, which would require aliens who are not clearly admissible to return to Mexico while awaiting their immigration proceedings, rather than being released into the United States interior with no accountability, as was done by the Biden administration.”View on their website ↗
“Congress must act to secure the border permanently so that the next Democrat president cannot allow millions of illegals to flood across our border.”View on their website ↗
Stop cartels from smuggling drugs and people across the border
1 member“Every day that we fail to stop drugs, human trafficking, and hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens flooding across our border, we are destroying our country’s sovereignty and squandering the future for our children and grandchildren. President Trump spent four years securing our border, thereby reducing the human misery that is so obviously caused by the open-border policy we are witnessing now.”View on their website ↗
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