We must secure our southern border by constructing a wall.
Will secure the southern border by constructing a wall.
Occurrences
We must secure our southern border by constructing a wall.
Rep. Tracey Mann cosponsored H.R. 163, the Finish the Wall Act.
We must secure our southern border by constructing a wall.
We must secure our southern border by constructing a wall.
Tracey supports President Trump’s efforts to build the wall and curb illegal immigration.
Evidence
The campaign page states, "We must secure our southern border by constructing a wall."
Congress.gov shows Rep. Tracey Mann cosponsored H.R. 163, the Finish the Wall Act, introduced on 2025-01-03 and referred to committee; the bill status is still Introduced.
DHS filed suit to seize church land at Mount Cristo Rey for border wall construction, and the report says local resistance has delayed some border wall work.
AP reports that federal contractors are blasting and bulldozing areas to make way for new sections of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, while hundreds of miles are still under contract.
Laredo approved expanded CBP access for surveys, soil sampling, and appraisal work tied to a proposed smart wall, but the agreement does not permit construction or material storage.
The campaign page states: "We must secure our southern border by constructing a wall."
H.R. 2 required DHS to resume border wall construction within seven days of enactment, spend available wall funds, use unused wall materials, and construct at least 900 miles of southwest-border wall until operational control was achieved.
The House Clerk records H.R. 2 as passed 219-213 on May 11, 2023; Tracey Mann, Republican of Kansas, voted Yea.
Congress.gov lists H.R. 2 as having status Passed House, with Senate actions limited to being received, read, and placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar; it did not reach the President or become law.
H.R. 163 would require DHS, within 24 hours of enactment, to resume border wall system construction along the U.S.-Mexico border and submit a plan to complete funded wall construction by September 30, 2026.
Congress.gov lists Tracey Mann as a cosponsor of H.R. 163 on January 14, 2025; the bill status remains Introduced, with referral to the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
The executive order states U.S. policy includes establishing a physical wall and other barriers, and directs Defense and Homeland Security to take appropriate action to deploy and construct temporary and permanent physical barriers on the southern border.
The proclamation declared a national emergency at the southern border, invoked emergency construction authority, directed immediate action to construct additional physical barriers, and revoked Biden's 2021 termination of the wall emergency.
Public Law 119-21 appropriated $46.55 billion to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for border infrastructure and wall system expenses, including new or replacement primary, waterborne, and secondary barriers, access roads, cameras, lights, sensors, and related work.
The House Clerk records the final H.R. 1 vote as passed 218-214 on July 3, 2025; Tracey Mann, Republican of Kansas, voted Aye.
Congress.gov shows H.R. 1 became Public Law No. 119-21 on July 4, 2025, after House agreement to the Senate amendment and presidential signature.
Axios reported that only 30 miles of border barriers had been started and completed since January 20, 2025, while 83 miles were under construction and most planned wall structure remained in planning as of January 28, 2026.
Assessments
Mann made concrete federal efforts toward the promise by backing House wall-construction measures and voting for enacted FY2025 legislation that appropriated substantial border wall and infrastructure funding. Federal executive action also resumed wall construction during his House service. However, the promised outcome was not fully delivered: the southern border wall remains incomplete, construction was still underway or delayed in 2026, and the record does not show the border was secured by a completed wall.
Mann explicitly promised to secure the southern border by constructing a wall, but the record here does not show that outcome was delivered. His main attributable action is cosponsoring H.R. 163, the Finish the Wall Act, in January 2025; the bill remained introduced and did not pass. Separate reports of ongoing federal wall surveying, land actions, and construction show activity toward more wall building, but they do not show the promise was fulfilled and are not enough to credit Mann with delivery of the completed outcome. Because he made a concrete legislative attempt but the promised result was still not achieved, this rates as never, with an effort badge.
Mann made a clear promise to secure the southern border by constructing a wall. The evidence shows a concrete legislative effort through cosponsorship of H.R. 163, the Finish the Wall Act, in the 119th Congress, but the bill remained only introduced/referred to committee and did not become law or deliver construction of a wall. Under the rule for serious but unsuccessful legislative attempts, this is not fulfilled but merits an effort badge.