Congressman Harris is fully committed to prioritizing border security, restoring law and order, and protecting American citizens, including North Carolina residents, from the impacts of unchecked immigration.
Prioritize border security, restore law and order, and protect American citizens from the impacts of unchecked immigration.
Occurrences
Secure our border
He is committed to fortifying our borders, supporting advanced technology, and rigorously enforcing our immigration laws to protect American citizens and preserve our nation's integrity.
Harris applauds passage of budget reconciliation framework to fund CBP and ICE through the remainder of President Trump’s term.
By passing this budget resolution, we are taking a critical step toward ensuring President Trump has the resources he needs to secure the border, enforce our immigration laws, and keep the American people safe.
House Republicans are fully funding the brave men and women of ICE and CBP through the remainder of President Trump’s term, and are committed to giving President Trump the resources he needs to keep the American people safe.
Evidence
Harris’s official issue page says he is 'fully committed to prioritizing border security, restoring law and order, and protecting American citizens' from unchecked immigration.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Mark Harris as the sponsor of H.R.1312, a bill in the Immigration policy area; its latest action is referral to the House Judiciary Committee and its status remains Introduced.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Mark Harris as the sponsor of H.R.5624 in the Crime and Law Enforcement policy area; the bill was referred to the House Judiciary Committee and remains Introduced.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Mark Harris as the sponsor of H.R.6191, a bill in the Immigration policy area; the latest action is referral to the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the bill remains Introduced.
Congressman Mark Harris said the House-passed budget reconciliation framework "sets up the reconciliation process to fund U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through the remainder of President Trump’s term" and warned that blocking full funding for those agencies threatens community safety.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Mark Harris as sponsor of H.R.1312, an immigration bill; the latest action is referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary, and the tracker status remains Introduced.
Today, Congressman Mark Harris (NC-08) celebrated House passage of his bill, the Cashless Bail Reporting Act, legislation that requires the Attorney General to publish a public list of jurisdictions that allow certain serious offenders to be released without cash bail.
Congressman Mark Harris released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed S. Con. Res. 33, which sets up the reconciliation process to fund U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through the remainder of President Trump’s term.
The House Clerk shows H.R. 5625, the Cashless Bail Reporting Act, passed the House on May 14, 2026 by a 308-116 vote.
The House passed S. Con. Res. 33 on April 29, 2026, a budget resolution that set up reconciliation for later funding of CBP and ICE.
Harris said House passage of the reconciliation framework was a critical step toward funding CBP and ICE and securing the border, but it still required additional legislative action.
President Donald Trump signed a bill into law on June 10, 2026 that gives his immigration and deportation agenda a nearly $70 billion boost, including $38 billion for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, $26 billion for Border Patrol, and $5 billion for unforeseen costs; the law follows House passage a day earlier.
On June 9, 2026, the House passed a Republican-led $70 billion immigration-enforcement bill by a 214-212 vote, with funding aimed at ICE, Border Patrol, and DHS through the remainder of Trump's term after Senate approval the prior week.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 214 on June 9, 2026 for S. 2, the Secure America Act: vote question 'On Passage,' status 'Passed,' with Aye 214 and No 212; Mark Harris (NC) is listed as voting Aye.
AP reported that President Trump signed a bill giving his immigration and deportation agenda nearly $70 billion, including $38 billion for ICE, $26 billion for Border Patrol, and $5 billion for unforeseen costs, after House passage by 214-212.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 171 on May 14, 2026 for H.R. 5625, the Cashless Bail Reporting Act: vote question 'On Passage,' status 'Passed,' with yea 308 and nay 116; Mark Harris (NC) is listed as voting Yea.
Congress.gov lists H.R. 1312, the No Asylum for Criminals Act of 2025, with Rep. Mark Harris as sponsor, policy area Immigration, and latest action referral to the House Judiciary Committee; the tracker status remains Introduced.
Congress.gov lists H.R. 5624, the No Funding for Lawless Jurisdictions Act, with Rep. Mark Harris as sponsor; latest action was referral to the House Judiciary Committee on September 30, 2025, and the tracker status remains Introduced.
Congress.gov lists H.R. 6191 with Rep. Mark Harris as sponsor and latest action referral to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on November 20, 2025; the tracker status remains Introduced.
Assessments
Harris made concrete same-term progress on the federal border-security and law-and-order agenda: he voted for House passage of S. 2, which was enacted with major ICE and Border Patrol funding, backed the reconciliation framework for CBP and ICE funding, secured House passage of his Cashless Bail Reporting Act, and sponsored several immigration or law-enforcement bills. However, the promise is broad and outcome-oriented, covering restored law and order and protection from unchecked immigration; the record shows substantial action and partial policy delivery, not full completion of the overall pledge.
Harris made concrete same-term progress on multiple parts of the pledge, including sponsoring a law-and-order bill that passed the House and backing a major immigration-enforcement funding package that was enacted in June 2026. That supports credit for tangible movement on border security and immigration enforcement. But the promise was broader than those steps, and the evidence does not show full delivery of the overall agenda to restore law and order and protect Americans from unchecked immigration. Partial credit fits better than full delivery or failure.
Harris has materially pursued the promise during his current House term through immigration and law-and-order legislation, public advocacy for CBP and ICE funding, and House passage of his Cashless Bail Reporting Act. However, the cited border-security funding measure is only a reconciliation framework, several sponsored immigration/law-enforcement bills remain introduced or referred, and the cashless-bail bill has only passed the House rather than becoming law. This supports concrete same-term progress and serious effort, but not full delivery of the broad promise to restore law and order and protect citizens from unchecked immigration.
The promise is broad: prioritize border security, restore law and order, and protect citizens from unchecked immigration. Harris has taken same-term actions that align with the promise, including sponsoring immigration and crime-related bills, backing a CBP/ICE funding reconciliation framework, and securing House passage of the Cashless Bail Reporting Act. However, the evidence does not show full federal enactment or completed delivery of the border-security and immigration-enforcement outcome. House passage, introduced bills, and procedural funding steps support meaningful effort and partial credit, not full delivery.
The evidence shows Harris publicly prioritized border security and immigration enforcement and sponsored or supported related measures, including bills on asylum, law enforcement funding, and immigration-related restrictions, plus a House-passed reconciliation framework to fund CBP and ICE. But the cited sponsored bills remained introduced or referred to committee, and the funding framework was not shown as enacted or otherwise completing the promised outcome. Because he made concrete legislative and public efforts during his current House term but the promised policy result is not demonstrated as delivered, this should be scored as never with an effort badge.
Harris made the promised issue a public priority and sponsored immigration and law-enforcement bills during the same term, including H.R.1312, H.R.5624, and H.R.6191. However, the cited legislation remained introduced or referred to committee and did not become law, so the promised substantive outcome was not delivered. Because there was a serious legislative attempt that failed, this is classified as never with an effort badge.