As Texans we are on the front lines of any future immigration crisis, and I will continue to fight to secure our border.
I will continue to fight to secure our border.
Occurrences
I lead the Task Force to Combat Mexican Drug Cartels and will continue to take that work seriously to secure America and protect our communities.
Now, what I lead is really the House’s effort to actually create some legislation to combat the cartels.
Evidence
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Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (Introduced 01/15/2025). Latest Action: 01/15/2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. The bill is titled "State Border Security Reimbursement Act of 2025" and is described as requiring the federal government to reimburse eligible states for border security expenses.
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Introduced in House (02/01/2023). Mr. Crenshaw (for himself and several Texas Republicans) introduced the "State Border Security Reimbursement Act of 2023," which would reimburse states for border security expenses. The bill was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Roll Call 143, H.R. 3602, "End the Border Catastrophe Act," was brought to the floor on a motion to suspend the rules and pass, as amended. The vote failed 215-199. The roll call lists Rep. Crenshaw as voting Yea.
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Roll Call 392 concerned a resolution "strongly condemning the Biden Administration and its Border Czar, Kamala Harris’s, failure to secure the United States border." The vote passed 210-202, and the roll call lists Rep. Crenshaw as voting Aye.
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Congressman Dan Crenshaw introduced bipartisan legislation to reimburse states like Texas that have spent significant resources on enforcing federal immigration laws. The release states, "My bipartisan bill simply reimburses states like Texas for doing the federal government's job."
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Mr. Jackson of Texas (for himself, Ms. De La Cruz, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Luttrell, Mr. Ellzey, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Babin, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Gosar) introduced H.R. 2128, a bill to direct DHS to make grants to border communities for security measures along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Border Security & Immigration: "Our immigration system is broken. We must act swiftly to ensure we keep the American people safe and enforce the rule of law. Border security must come first."
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H.R.7420 — 119th Congress (2025-2026) ... Sponsor: Crenshaw, Dan ... Introduced 02/09/2026 ... Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform ...
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The House Clerk's May 29, 2026 floor-votes page shows only the date header and no roll-call entries, so I infer no House floor votes were recorded that day.
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Crenshaw said his border-security reimbursement provision advanced in the House reconciliation bill and would send $12 billion to DHS to reimburse Texas and other states for border-security costs, including detention, removal, and stopping illegal crossings and smuggling.
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AP reported that Trump signed a bill giving his immigration and deportation agenda nearly $70 billion after the House passed it 214-212; the package includes $38 billion for ICE and $26 billion for Border Patrol.
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The Guardian reported that DHS waived environmental and preservation laws so CBP could build border infrastructure in Big Bend, Texas, tied to $46.5 billion Congress put into border-wall construction.
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The current official issue page says Crenshaw "will continue to lead efforts in Congress to secure our border" and to fight cartels.
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AP reported that the Supreme Court cleared the way to revive a border policy limiting daily asylum processing at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The Clerk page showed the House was not in session, listed the next meeting for September 8, 2026, and showed the latest floor activity summary as September 4, 2026.
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Public Law 119-21 was approved July 4, 2025, and its Homeland Security provisions fund border infrastructure and wall systems, CBP personnel and facilities, detention capacity, border security technology and screening, and state/local border-related assistance through fiscal 2029.
Assessments
Crenshaw promised an ongoing federal effort, not a fully measurable end state of a permanently secured border. During the same term, he introduced and supported border-security reimbursement legislation, voted for border-security measures, and materially advanced a border reimbursement provision that became part of enacted Public Law 119-21, which funded border infrastructure, CBP capacity, detention, technology, and state/local border-related assistance. Because the evidence shows continued and material congressional action with some enacted border-security policy, the promise is best treated as delivered in the same term rather than merely unresolved or partial.
Crenshaw did continue to push border-security policy in office: he introduced and cosponsored border-related bills and advanced a border-security reimbursement provision in a House package. That is real legislative effort and some movement, but the evidence does not show that the border was actually secured, so the promise is only partially fulfilled.
This promise is best read as an effort promise in a federal legislative context: Crenshaw said he would continue to fight for border security, not that he alone would fully secure the border. The evidence shows sustained same-term action consistent with that promise, including introducing border-security reimbursement bills in 2023 and 2025, backing other border bills, voting for border-security measures, and materially advancing a border reimbursement provision in the House in May 2025. The June 10, 2026 enactment of a major immigration-enforcement package during his term further supports that the broader agenda he worked on moved forward, even if he was not solely responsible for the final outcome. Because the promise was to keep fighting rather than to personally complete border security, his repeated sponsorship, votes, and legislative advancement are enough for full delivery.
Crenshaw’s promise was framed as continuing to fight for border security, not achieving a fully secured border by himself. The evidence shows repeated same-term federal action: he introduced border-security reimbursement legislation, cosponsored related border-community security legislation, voted for border-security measures, and materially advanced a $12 billion DHS border-security reimbursement provision in a House reconciliation bill. As a House member, this is a credible delivery of the promised continued fight within his federal role, even though the broader border-security outcome remains politically and operationally incomplete.
The promise is framed as continuing to fight for border security, not as a measurable pledge to fully secure the border. In federal House context, Crenshaw has repeatedly sponsored or supported border-security measures during his congressional service, including the State Border Security Reimbursement Act versions, H.R.424 in 2025, H.R.7420 in 2026, H.R.2128 in 2025, and votes for border-security related House actions. Several measures did not become law, so this does not prove the broader policy outcome of a secured border, but it does satisfy the narrower campaign promise to continue fighting for it during the same term.
The promise was framed as continuing to fight for border security rather than guaranteeing a fully secured border. The evidence shows repeated same-term actions consistent with that commitment: Crenshaw introduced border-security reimbursement legislation in 2023 and 2025, supported related border-security measures, voted for the End the Border Catastrophe Act, and joined additional 2025 border-community security legislation. Some measures failed or remained referred to committee, so this does not prove the broader border-security outcome was achieved, but it does show the promised continued fight was carried out.