This is just the beginning. I will continue fighting to strengthen enforcement, increase penalties for illegals, ensure accountability for sanctuary cities, support our immigration enforcement officers, and provide the resources necessary to ensure a secure southern border long after President Trump’s administration.
I will continue fighting to strengthen border enforcement, increase penalties for illegal immigration, ensure accountability for sanctuary cities, support immigration enforcement officers, and provide the resources needed for a secure southern border.
Occurrences
I continue to support President Trump as he secures our border and deports the criminal aliens who threaten the security of all Americans.
today we put forward this budget resolution with reconciliation instructions to fund the people's Homeland Security to protect our citizens and to do right by these hard-working, God-fearing public servants
We're going to give them the resources they need. Listen, what we're also going to do is fund our law enforcement for three years so that Democrats can't use these men and women as leverage, Homeland Security as leverage, and the American people's security as leverage in a shutdown again.
Evidence
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Arrington voted Aye on the rule for H.Res. 1095, which provided for consideration of H.R. 7744, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026.
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Arrington voted Yea on H.R. 5717, the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act.
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Arrington voted Yea on H.Res. 682, the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 3486, the Stop Illegal Entry Act.
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Arrington introduced H.R. 6608, the SHIELD Act, which would cut off federal funds to any state or locality that arrests, detains, prosecutes, or otherwise interferes with a federal officer performing immigration-related duties.
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Arrington met with the Jones County Sheriff’s Office and ICE officers at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility to discuss immigration enforcement and border security.
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Arrington said the House passed H.R. 3486, the Stop Illegal Entry Act, which increases fines and prison terms for people who illegally reenter the United States after removal.
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Congress.gov lists H.R.1 as sponsored by Rep. Jodey C. Arrington, introduced 05/20/2025, and latest action 07/04/2025 became Public Law No. 119-21. The CRS summary for the public law says Title IX provides funding for border security, including CBP border barriers and detection technology, CBP personnel and facilities, ICE detention capacity, Operation Stonegarden, DHS border-security reimbursements, and additional DHS and ICE immigration enforcement funding.
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The House Majority Leader's schedule for the week of June 1 lists the June 2 suspension bills and the Wednesday-through-Friday measures expected under a rule or potentially considered; the listed items concern natural resources, TANF, agriculture appropriations, education-related bills, war powers resolutions, and a Ukraine discharge petition, with no listed border enforcement, immigration enforcement, sanctuary-city, ICE, CBP, or DHS-border measure.
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The Week of June 29 House schedule lists only unrelated suspension and rule items, including H.R. 8873, H.R. 5347, H.R. 7128, H.R. 8884, H.R. 8800, H.R. 8595, and H. Res. 1383. No border-security, immigration-enforcement, sanctuary-city, or illegal-entry-penalty bill is on the floor agenda in this lookback window.
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The Clerk's vote page shows 'House Not In Session' and 'Next Session: Tomorrow at 12:00 PM,' indicating no House floor votes were underway at the time of the page view.
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Chairman Arrington’s One Big Beautiful Bill created the $10 billion State Border Security Reimbursement Fund (SBSRF) to reimburse states like Texas for border security costs.
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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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I am glad to see these dollars finally make their way to the Lone Star State
Assessments
Arrington materially advanced several parts of the pledge in office: he voted for sanctions on sanctuary cities, backed stronger illegal-reentry penalties, supported DHS appropriations, and sponsored H.R.1, which became law with substantial border security and immigration-enforcement funding. But the evidence does not show full delivery of every promised component, especially comprehensive sanctuary-city accountability and all penalty/enforcement elements, so this is best treated as partial rather than fully delivered.
Arrington materially advanced several parts of the promise in the same federal term, including sponsoring H.R.1, which became Public Law 119-21 and provided major border security, CBP, ICE, detention, and immigration-enforcement resources. He also supported or introduced measures aimed at stronger illegal-entry penalties, sanctuary-city funding consequences, and protection for immigration enforcement officers. However, the evidence does not show full enactment of all promised components, especially sanctuary-city accountability and increased immigration penalties as binding law. This is more than symbolic effort but short of full delivery.
Arrington took multiple same-term actions aligned with the promise: voting to advance DHS appropriations, supporting stronger penalties for illegal reentry, voting for sanctuary-city accountability legislation, introducing the SHIELD Act to protect immigration enforcement officers, and publicly engaging with ICE and local law enforcement. However, the evidence mainly shows sponsorship, votes, public support, and House/floor activity rather than enacted federal outcomes that fully strengthened border enforcement, imposed new penalties, penalized sanctuary cities, and provided the promised resources. This supports partial credit with a clear effort badge, not full delivery.
The promise was framed as continuing to fight for a set of border and immigration enforcement priorities, not as guaranteeing enactment of a specific law. The evidence shows same-term actions across the major promised areas: votes supporting sanctuary-city penalties, increased penalties for illegal reentry, DHS/border enforcement resources, and introduction of legislation protecting immigration enforcement officers. These actions substantially match the promised advocacy and legislative effort.