Support efforts to secure the U.S. border to protect Americans.

While we need to push back, we also need to protect Americans by securing our border. President Trump and his team are working aggressively at this, as we all know, and I strongly support his efforts.

Risch stated his strong support for current efforts to secure the U.S. border as a measure to protect Americans.

[2025-03-06] Risch Opening Statement at Hearing on Advancing American...
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We will secure our southern border by finishing the wall.

Risch commits to securing the southern border, specifically through finishing the wall.

Risch Statement on President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress - Press Releases - James E Risch, U.S. Senator for Idaho
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The page attributes this position to Risch's 2008 Senate campaign website: "We must secure our borders, stop illegal aliens and terrorists from entering our country."

Establishes the campaign-position baseline that Risch pledged support for border security as a federal Senate candidate, though the direct archived campaign page was not accessible in search results.

unresolved unknown

Jim Risch on Immigration - OnTheIssues
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

Congress.gov lists Sen. Risch as sponsor of S.4518, introduced July 13, 2022, with the official title addressing Title 42, border wall construction, asylum adjudication, and Migrant Protection Protocols. The latest action was referral to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Risch took concrete legislative action in the 117th Congress to advance border-security policies, but the bill did not advance beyond introduction and referral.

partial same_term A for effort

S.4518 - Solving the Border Crisis Act, 117th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

Congress.gov lists Sen. Risch as sponsor of S.716, introduced March 8, 2023. CRS summarizes that the bill would restart U.S.-Mexico border wall construction, limit termination of Title 42, and require immigration-enforcement staffing levels. The bill remained at introduced status.

Risch reintroduced a border-security bill in the next Congress, showing continued effort, but it was not enacted.

partial same_term A for effort

S.716 - Solving the Border Crisis Act, 118th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

The Senate vote was on cloture to proceed to S.4361, a bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security and combatting fentanyl. Cloture was rejected 43-50, and Risch (R-ID) voted Nay.

This is counter-evidence: Risch opposed advancing one Senate border-security and fentanyl supplemental bill, contributing to a failed legislative effort.

never same_term

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 118th Congress, 2nd Session, Vote 182
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

Congress.gov lists Risch as an original cosponsor of S.5. The bill became Public Law No. 119-1 on January 29, 2025, and requires DHS to detain certain non-U.S. nationals arrested for specified crimes while authorizing state lawsuits over immigration-enforcement failures.

Risch supported an enacted immigration-enforcement law tied to public safety, which partially delivers on protecting Americans through border and immigration enforcement policy.

delivered same_term A for effort

S.5 - Laken Riley Act, 119th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

Congress.gov lists Risch as an original cosponsor of S.293. The official title appropriates $25 billion for construction of a border wall between the United States and Mexico; CRS notes the bill also addresses immigration benefits eligibility and penalties for improper entry or visa overstays. The bill remained introduced and referred to Senate Finance.

Risch continued to cosponsor border-wall legislation, but the measure had not become law as of the available record.

partial same_term A for effort

S.293 - WALL Act of 2025, 119th Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

The Judiciary Committee said the Secure America Act funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection through Fiscal Year 2029, adds DHS funding for immigration enforcement and law enforcement efforts, and allows CBP to continue securing the border.

Official committee text shows a live border-security funding package moving in the Senate during the lookback window, which Risch supported as part of the Republican majority effort.

partial same_term A for effort

Senate Judiciary Committee Releases Upda... | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 95%

On June 5, 2026, the Senate passed S. 2 and the roll call shows Risch (R-ID), Yea, on passage of the bill.

Risch cast a pro-passage vote on the reconciliation vehicle that the Senate was using for the Secure America Act border-security funding package, showing concrete support but not final enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 2nd Session
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 93%