Brad looks to pull from his experience to support robust law enforcement while strengthening the laws to simultaneously disincentivize illegal immigration and protect Americans from all types of crime.
support robust law enforcement while strengthening the laws to simultaneously disincentivize illegal immigration and protect Americans from all types of crime
Occurrences
Brad looks to pull from his experience to support robust law enforcement while strengthening the laws to simultaneously disincentivize illegal immigration and protect Americans from all types of crime.
I am both excited and eager to begin working for stronger law enforcement, a secure border, safer communities and a prosperous future for North Carolina and the United States
We must secure the border, finish the wall, and enforce the law. Those who break our immigration laws must face real consequences as a deterrence or the flood will never end. An illegal immigrant who commits a felony should be sent to prison for a minimum of five years and then deported.
We must continue to enforce immigration laws, in part, with mass deportations.
We must secure the border, finish the wall, and enforce the law. Those who break our immigration laws must face real consequences as a deterrence or the flood will never end. An illegal immigrant who commits a felony should be sent to prison for a minimum of five years and then deported.
“I believe when an illegal immigrant commits a felony, they should be sent to prison for a minimum of five years and then deported. We have to increase penalties to deter the flood of illegal immigrants.”
Roll Call Number: 264 | Bill Number: H. R. 3486 | Vote Question: On Passage | Bill Title & Description: Stop Illegal Entry Act | Vote Type: Yea-And-Nay | Status: Passed | Votes: yea: 226; nay: 197; present: 0; not voting: 9
Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025
With this funding, we will continue securing the homeland, enforcing immigration laws, and getting criminal illegal aliens off our streets and out of our country for good.
Evidence
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Brad looks to pull from his experience to support robust law enforcement while strengthening the laws to simultaneously disincentivize illegal immigration and protect Americans from all types of crime.
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Sponsor: Rep. Knott, Brad [R-NC-13] (Introduced 05/07/2025) ... Latest Action: House - 05/07/2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. ... To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide additional criminal penalties for aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States and are convicted of crimes, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action: Senate - 09/15/2025 Received in the Senate. ... Tracker: Tip | This bill has the status Passed House ... 09/11/2025 | Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 226 - 197 (Roll no. 264).
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Roll Call Number: 264 | Bill Number: H. R. 3486 | Vote Question: On Passage | Bill Title & Description: Stop Illegal Entry Act | Vote Type: Yea-And-Nay | Status: Passed | Votes: yea: 226; nay: 197; present: 0; not voting: 9
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At a House subcommittee hearing on May 14, 2026, Knott pressed Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano over a dropped attempted-abduction case and repeated his hard-line view on immigration-linked crime; the article quotes Knott calling Descano "a coward".
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President Trump signed a bill on June 10, 2026 that gave roughly $70 billion to ICE, Border Patrol and DHS through 2029 after the House passed it 214-212 on June 9.
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On June 10, 2026, the President signed S. 2, the Secure America Act, providing funding to DHS, CBP, and ICE through FY2029 for immigration enforcement and related activities.
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Sponsor: Rep. Knott, Brad [R-NC-13]. Latest Action: House - 05/07/2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. This bill has the status Introduced.
Assessments
Knott took concrete same-term action aligned with the promise, including sponsoring H.R.3242 to add criminal penalties for unlawfully present immigrants convicted of crimes and supporting House passage of broader immigration-enforcement legislation. A major same-term immigration-enforcement funding law also became law, but the evidence does not establish that Knott authored, sponsored, or materially drove that enacted law, and his own directly relevant bill remained only introduced/referred. The promise is therefore partly fulfilled through aligned policy movement and serious legislative effort, but not fully delivered with clear candidate credit.
Knott has taken clear same-term action consistent with the promise: he sponsored H.R. 3242 to increase penalties for unlawfully present immigrants convicted of crimes, backed the House-passed Stop Illegal Entry Act, and used his committee role to press a tougher immigration-and-crime enforcement line. A broader immigration-enforcement package also became law during his term, but the evidence does not show that Knott personally wrote, sponsored, or materially drove that enacted measure. Because he demonstrably advanced the agenda but did not clearly deliver the full promised outcome through enacted laws directly attributable to him, the best judgment is partial rather than delivered.
Knott made concrete same-term legislative efforts aligned with the promise, including sponsoring H.R.3242 to increase penalties for unlawfully present immigrants convicted of crimes and supporting House passage of H.R.3486. However, the evidence shows these measures had not become law by the assessment date; H.R.3242 was only referred to committee and H.R.3486 had only passed the House and was received in the Senate. Because the promised outcome was to strengthen the laws, not merely introduce or support legislation, this is a serious attempt without final delivery.
Knott made concrete same-term legislative efforts aligned with the promise, including sponsoring H.R.3242 to increase penalties for unlawfully present immigrants convicted of crimes and supporting H.R.3486, which passed the House. However, the evidence does not show final enactment of those measures or a completed strengthening of federal law by the assessment date. Under the rule for serious attempts that fail to deliver the promised outcome, this is classified as never with an effort badge.