focus the federal government on stopping the drug cartels and human traffickers, securing the border with walls where the Border Patrol is asking for them... closing asylum loopholes, we need to build walls where the border patrol needs them and hire more border agents... We need relationships with ICE and local law enforcement so criminal illegals are being apprehended, and deported.
Support securing the border with walls where the Border Patrol requests them, hiring more border agents, closing asylum loopholes, and working with ICE and local law enforcement to apprehend and deport criminal illegal immigrants.
Occurrences
getting cartels designated as foreign terrorist operations so we can bring new tools to bear on these murderous organizations
ensures our border remains secure
Evidence
In response to why she was seeking office, Beth Van Duyne wrote that the federal government should combat illegal immigration by closing asylum loopholes, building walls where the Border Patrol needs them, hiring more border agents, and using relationships with ICE and local law enforcement so criminal illegal immigrants are apprehended and deported.
Congress.gov shows Rep. Beth Van Duyne as sponsor of H.R. 9238, the Border Patrol First Act. The bill would transfer $240 million to DHS for U.S. Customs and Border Protection activities and reimburse Texas and Arizona for border-security-related activities. The latest action is referral to committee; the bill status is Introduced.
Congress.gov states the House passed H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act of 2023, by 219-213. The CRS summary says the bill would make major immigration changes, including limits on asylum eligibility and requiring DHS to resume border wall construction; the bill later stalled in the Senate.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Beth Van Duyne as sponsor of H.R. 205 and shows the bill was referred to committee after introduction. The bill would prohibit the use of federal funds for earmarks targeted to sanctuary jurisdictions.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Beth Van Duyne as sponsor of H.R. 326, referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. The bill would require a GAO study on the total cost of unused construction materials obtained for construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Van Duyne said she voted for a bipartisan security package that would increase funding for ICE and provide funding for Border Patrol personnel. Her office said the bill included $100 million for hiring additional Border Patrol personnel and $400 million to maintain ICE detention beds.
Assessments
Van Duyne made clear same-term efforts aligned with the promise: she sponsored border funding and sanctuary-jurisdiction bills, supported House passage of H.R. 2 with wall construction and asylum restrictions, and voted for funding tied to Border Patrol personnel and ICE detention capacity. However, the full promised outcome was not delivered federally: the major House border/asylum package stalled, her sponsored bills remained introduced or referred, and the evidence does not show enacted delivery of walls where requested, broad agent hiring, asylum loophole closure, and ICE/local enforcement deportation policy as a completed package. Because there was meaningful legislative effort but only limited enacted or operational fulfillment shown, partial credit is appropriate.
Van Duyne made multiple serious efforts aligned with the promise, including sponsoring border-security and sanctuary-jurisdiction bills, supporting ICE and Border Patrol funding, and backing House-passed H.R. 2 with border wall and asylum restrictions. However, the core promised outcomes were not shown to have been fully delivered: the major border/asylum package stalled in the Senate, her own bills remained at introduction or referral, and the evidence shows support and legislative attempts rather than enacted completion of the wall, asylum, hiring, and deportation agenda.