My focuses this Congress include border reform
This Congress, Van Drew will focus on border reform.
Occurrences
Evidence
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Van Drew said, "My focuses this Congress include border reform," while announcing his Judiciary Committee subcommittee assignments for the 118th Congress.
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Van Drew as the sponsor of H.R. 7343, an immigration bill introduced in the 118th Congress.
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Congress.gov shows H.R. 7343 reached the Senate and was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 16, 2024, after House action.
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The House clerk records Van Drew voting "Yea" on passage of the Police Our Border Act.
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Van Drew said, "In Congress, one of my top priorities continues to be healthcare," and also said he is making cost of living a top focus, not border reform.
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Van Drew introduced the No Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDLs) for Illegals Act, a bill aimed at stopping states from issuing CDLs to illegal immigrants.
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Van Drew's official immigration issue page says comprehensive reform should begin with stronger border security and tougher action against employers who break the law.
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The official news feed currently shows items through May 13, 2026, and does not show a June 10-12 border or immigration post in the visible latest-news list.
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The subcommittee page lists jurisdiction over immigration, naturalization, border security, drug interdiction, refugees, and non-border enforcement; lists Jefferson Van Drew of NJ-02 as a Republican member; and shows recent activity for the September 1, 2026 hearing titled "Sanctuary Policies, Tragic Consequences."
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 214 on June 9, 2026, as an on-passage vote on S. 2, the Secure America Act; the status was Passed, 214-212, and Jefferson Van Drew of New Jersey voted Aye.
Assessments
The promise was framed as a focus pledge rather than a guarantee that a specific border-reform law would be enacted. During the covered federal term, Van Drew publicly identified border reform as a congressional focus, served on the relevant House Judiciary immigration and border-security subcommittee, sponsored immigration-enforcement legislation, supported House floor border-security measures, and voted for the Secure America Act when it passed the House in 2026. The later emphasis on health care and cost of living weakens but does not outweigh the sustained border and immigration activity.
Van Drew publicly identified border reform as a focus for the 118th Congress and then acted on that priority by sponsoring immigration enforcement legislation and backing border-security legislation in the House. The record shows sustained same-term attention to the issue, so the promise to focus on border reform was fulfilled, even though the broader policy outcome did not fully become law.
The promise was to focus on border reform during the Congress, not necessarily to enact a specific border-law outcome. Evidence shows Van Drew explicitly identified border reform as a focus, sponsored immigration-enforcement legislation, supported major border-security legislation on the House floor, and continued introducing related immigration legislation later in the term. Although some bills did not become law and a later statement emphasized other priorities, the documented legislative activity is enough to show the promised focus was fulfilled in the same term.