keeping the border secure
She will keep the border secure.
Occurrences
I look forward to working with him to continue President Trump’s successful efforts to secure the border and defend our homeland.
Evidence
Rep. Julia Letlow said, “Congrats to @SecMullinDHS on his confirmation as President Trump’s Secretary of Homeland Security! I look forward to working with him to continue President Trump’s successful efforts to secure the border and defend our homeland.”
The page’s recent-votes list for 05/20/2026 shows votes on S.1003 (Lulu’s Law), S.2393 (VA major medical facility authorization), H.R.5317 (Community Bank Deposit Access Act), H.R.4544 (American Access to Banking Act), and H.R.3234 (Keeping Deposits Local Act).
Congress.gov lists S.5, the Laken Riley Act, as Public Law No. 119-1 after Senate passage, House passage on January 22, 2025, presentation to the President, and enactment on January 29, 2025. The CRS summary says the law requires DHS to detain certain unlawfully present non-U.S. nationals arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting and allows states to sue over certain immigration-enforcement failures.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 23 on S.5, Laken Riley Act, as passing 263-156 on January 22, 2025, and lists Rep. Julia Letlow, Republican of Louisiana, as voting Yea.
Public Law 119-21 appropriates $46,550,000,000 for border infrastructure and wall-system expenses, including new or replacement primary, waterborne, and secondary barriers, access roads, cameras, lights, sensors, and other detection technology. It also appropriates $4,100,000,000 to hire and train additional Border Patrol agents, Office of Field Operations officers, Air and Marine agents, and support personnel.
Congress.gov lists H.R.1 as becoming Public Law No. 119-21 on July 4, 2025. The action history records that the House agreed to the Senate amendment on July 3, 2025, by recorded vote 218-214, before the bill was presented to the President and became law.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 190 on H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as passing 218-214 on July 3, 2025, on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment. The roll-call page lists Rep. Julia Letlow as voting Aye.
Congress.gov lists H.R.2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023, as Passed House rather than enacted. The CRS summary says the bill would have resumed border-wall construction, required at least 900 miles of wall and related infrastructure, expanded CBP technology and staffing requirements, restricted asylum and parole authorities, and required E-Verify.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 209 on H.R.2, Secure the Border Act, as passing the House 219-213 on May 11, 2023, and lists Rep. Julia Letlow, Republican of Louisiana, as voting Yea.
Assessments
Letlow supported and voted for enacted 119th Congress measures that materially advanced border-security and immigration-enforcement goals, including Public Law 119-21 with major funding for border infrastructure, technology, personnel, and related capacity, and the Laken Riley Act. She also voted for the broader Secure the Border Act in the 118th Congress, which passed the House but was not enacted. Because the promise to "keep the border secure" is broad and outcome-based, these actions show concrete partial delivery and serious effort, but not full proof that the border was secured.
The available evidence shows only unrelated recent votes and a public statement supporting the Trump administration's border-security agenda. It does not identify a completed federal border-security law, appropriation, oversight result, or executive outcome materially advanced by Julia Letlow that would satisfy the promise. Because the claim is broad and the record provided does not establish either delivery or a failed serious attempt, the outcome remains unresolved rather than delivered, partial, or never.