Secure the Border and Combat Illegal Immigration Fully fund effective border enforcement strategies, infrastructure, and advanced technology to prevent illegal crossings and trafficking by cartels.
Fully fund border enforcement, infrastructure, and technology to stop illegal crossings and trafficking.
Occurrences
Border Patrol protects the nation from 'terrorism, illegal weapons, and drug trafficking' and stated that 'border security is paramount to national security.'
Langworthy Introduces Legislation to Secure the Northern Border
we will be voting on a reconciliation bill that will fully fund immigration enforcement
Evidence
Under 'A Nation That’s Safe' the campaign site says: 'Secure the Border and Combat Illegal Immigration' and 'Fully fund effective border enforcement strategies, infrastructure, and advanced technology to prevent illegal crossings and trafficking by cartels.'
Congress.gov lists Rep. Langworthy as sponsor, with 'Latest Action: House - 06/13/2024 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security' and 'This bill has the status Introduced.' The bill's official title is 'To amend the Northern Border Security Review Act to require updates to the northern border threat analysis and northern border strategy, and for other purposes.'
The press release says Langworthy introduced the Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act (H.R. 8734) 'to address escalating security concerns at the U.S.-Canada border' and says he introduced it because Border Patrol agents were 'severely under-supported and left to face this crisis with limited resources.'
In extension of remarks, Langworthy said Border Patrol protects the nation from 'terrorism, illegal weapons, and drug trafficking' and stated that 'border security is paramount to national security.'
Assessments
Langworthy made a concrete same-term legislative attempt by introducing H.R. 8734 and publicly framing border security as under-resourced, but the bill was only referred to committee and never enacted. There is no evidence that he fully funded border enforcement, infrastructure, and technology or that the promised outcome was delivered in a later term through his own work.
Langworthy made the promised policy position explicit and took a concrete legislative step by introducing H.R. 8734, a northern border security review and strategy bill. However, the evidence shows the bill was only introduced and referred to committee, not enacted, and it was not itself a full funding measure for border enforcement, infrastructure, and technology. Statements supporting border security also do not establish that the promised full funding outcome was delivered.