In Congress, I will vote to increase funding for US Border Patrol and reimburse Texas for efforts to safeguard our border.
Will vote to increase funding for U.S. Border Patrol and reimburse Texas for efforts to safeguard the border.
Occurrences
We must support President Trump in his efforts and pass real legislation to secure the border, finish the wall, and give Border Patrol agents the resources they need to keep our families safe.
Evidence
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“In Congress, I will vote to increase funding for US Border Patrol and reimburse Texas for efforts to safeguard our border.” The page also lists his cosponsorship of H.R. 8143, the Lone Star Reimbursement Act.
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GovInfo identifies H.R. 1286 as the Lone Star Reimbursement Act and lists Jake Ellzey (TX) as a cosponsor.
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GovInfo identifies H.R. 712, the State Border Security Reimbursement Act of 2023, and lists Jake Ellzey (TX) among the sponsors/cosponsors shown in the bill record.
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Ellzey said the House passed H.R. 2 and wrote: “We passed a bill to hire 22,000 Border Patrol agents.” He added that he was “proud to stand with [his] fellow Republicans and deliver on our promises.”
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Ellzey said the legislation “maintains funding for all critical government functions, such as border defense,” and that he was “proud to stand with [his] fellow Republicans and vote for this piece of legislation.”
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The House-engrossed FY2026 DHS appropriations bill includes U.S. Customs and Border Protection funding lines for Border Security Operations, including U.S. Border Patrol, and border security assets and infrastructure. The bill record shows a House-approved appropriations vehicle, not enacted law.
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Ellzey said the House had completed all twelve FY2026 appropriations bills and that they include critical investments in national security. He added that the work then moved to the Senate, indicating the promised funding effort was advanced but not finished.
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GovInfo shows H.R. 7147 as an enrolled, enacted appropriations act effective May 1, 2026, and the text includes Customs and Border Protection 'Border Security Operations' funding language. The same official record also says the explanatory statement entries under 'Border Security Operations' have no force or effect for purposes of the act, so this does not prove a clean enacted increase or any Texas reimbursement.
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The White House said the Secure America Act fully funds ICE and Border Patrol through President Trump’s term and provides resources to secure the border and fight trafficking and cartels.
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The Guardian reported that the House passed the Secure America Act 214-212 on June 9 and that Trump signed it on June 10; the package allocates $26bn to CBP and $38bn to ICE.
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The White House said the Secure America Act would fully fund ICE and Border Patrol through President Trump’s term, but also said the House was still the final hurdle after Senate passage.
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GovInfo shows H.R. 7147 was enacted on May 1, 2026, but the statute says the explanatory-statement entries for Border Security Operations and ICE have no force or effect and sets the related final-bill amounts at $0.
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GovInfo's enacted Public Law 119-21 appropriates $4.1 billion to U.S. Customs and Border Protection to hire and train additional Border Patrol agents and other CBP personnel, plus $2.05263 billion for eligible Border Patrol and CBP bonuses. The same law establishes a $10 billion State Border Security Reinforcement Fund for eligible state and local border-security expenses and a $3.5 billion DOJ reimbursement fund for qualified state and local immigration-enforcement expenses incurred on or after January 20, 2021.
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The Texas Tribune reported that Texas is set to receive $7.5 billion from a federal fund for border costs incurred during the Biden administration and that the fund was created in July 2025 in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The same report said getting the money to states has been slow and quoted Cornyn saying there had been no real movement since the amount was negotiated.
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Closed: September 17, 2026
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we haven’t seen any real movement on that since that time.
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to hire and train additional Border Patrol agents
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$10,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2034
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Ellzey | Ellzey | Republican | TX | Aye
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Latest Action: 07/04/2025 Became Public Law No: 119-21
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Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has approved a historic $7.5 billion reimbursement to Texas for border security costs.
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The funds have not yet been transferred to the state.
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Established to receive federal grants awarded to the state under the State Border Security Reinforcement Fund (SBSRF)
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$4,100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, to hire and train additional Border Patrol agents
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the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has approved a historic $7.5 billion reimbursement to Texas for border security costs.
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$4,100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, to hire and train additional Border Patrol agents
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Became Public Law No: 119-21.
Assessments
Ellzey made concrete same-term efforts toward both parts of the promise: he supported House border-security funding measures, backed legislation to reimburse Texas, and the enacted Public Law 119-21 increased CBP/Border Patrol-related funding while creating state and local border-security reimbursement funds. However, the reimbursement provisions are not Texas-exclusive, and the latest evidence says Texas is only set to receive funds from a stalled reimbursement process, with actual payment still unresolved. Because the Border Patrol funding side was materially advanced and a reimbursement mechanism was enacted, but Texas reimbursement itself is not clearly completed, the promise is best scored as partial rather than delivered.
Ellzey did support and vote for same-term federal border-security funding measures that materially increased or sustained Border Patrol-related funding, but the Texas reimbursement part of the promise was only cosponsored or proposed and was not enacted. Because one major component was delivered while the reimbursement commitment was not, this is partial rather than full delivery.
Ellzey materially advanced both parts of the promise in office, but only one side is substantially supported as delivered. On Border Patrol funding, the evidence shows he backed House border-security and appropriations measures, and a major 2026 enforcement funding package was enacted in his term, which supports the funding half of the pledge. On reimbursing Texas, the record shows concrete effort, including cosponsorship of reimbursement bills, but no evidence that a Texas reimbursement measure became law. Because the promise was phrased as increasing Border Patrol funding and reimbursing Texas, and the reimbursement outcome was not delivered, full fulfillment is not supported; partial credit is appropriate.
Ellzey appears to have materially advanced both halves of the promise, but only one half is supported as delivered. The record shows he voted for and publicly backed House border-security legislation and later same-term enacted funding packages that funded CBP/Border Patrol-related operations, which supports the Border Patrol funding side. Separately, he cosponsored Texas reimbursement bills such as the Lone Star Reimbursement Act and the State Border Security Reimbursement Act, but the provided evidence shows those reimbursement measures did not become law. Because the promise was framed as increasing Border Patrol funding and reimbursing Texas, and the Texas reimbursement outcome was not completed, the best overall judgment is partial rather than delivered.
Ellzey materially advanced both parts of the promise in office: he supported House-passed border legislation to increase Border Patrol staffing and backed appropriations vehicles with Border Patrol/CBP border-security funding, and he cosponsored Texas reimbursement bills such as the Lone Star Reimbursement Act and State Border Security Reimbursement Act. However, the evidence does not show the Texas reimbursement was enacted, and some funding measures were only House-passed or maintained/advanced funding rather than clearly completing the full promised increase. The enacted FY2026 appropriations evidence supports partial border-security funding progress during his current House service, but not full delivery of both promised outcomes.
Ellzey took concrete same-term action toward both parts of the promise: he supported House border legislation to hire more Border Patrol agents, backed DHS appropriations vehicles with Border Patrol/border-security funding, and cosponsored reimbursement bills for Texas border costs. However, the evidence does not show full enactment of a Texas reimbursement measure, and some Border Patrol funding evidence reflects House action or broader appropriations rather than a clean, complete fulfillment of both promised outcomes. Because he materially advanced the promise but did not deliver the full combined result, partial credit is warranted.
Ellzey took concrete same-term action toward both parts of the promise: he supported House-passed border legislation that would expand Border Patrol staffing/funding and cosponsored reimbursement bills for Texas border-security costs. However, the key reimbursement measures did not become law, and the cited appropriations/border bills show House action or maintained funding rather than a completed enacted increase plus Texas reimbursement. Because he materially advanced the promise but the full spending/reimbursement outcome was not delivered, partial credit is appropriate.
Ellzey took same-term legislative action consistent with the promise: he supported House passage of H.R. 2, which included increased Border Patrol staffing, and cosponsored reimbursement bills for Texas border-security costs. However, the reimbursement measures did not become law, and the evidence does not show the full promised outcome was enacted or funded. This supports partial delivery with a serious-effort badge rather than full delivery.