Scott will fight to defend our border and protect Americans.
defend the border and protect Americans
Occurrences
He will work with President Trump to stop the illegal drug trade, end illegal immigration, and put America’s national security first.
Evidence
Scott will fight to defend our border and protect Americans. He will work with President Trump to stop the illegal drug trade, end illegal immigration, and put America’s national security first.
Roll Call 23 on S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, passed 263-156. The official roll-call page shows Scott Fitzgerald (WI) voting Yea.
Roll Call 145 on H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Act, passed 215-214. The official roll-call page shows Scott Fitzgerald (WI) voting Yea.
The enrolled H.R. 1 became an act and GovInfo lists the final enrolled bill. The underlying reconciliation measure included homeland security and immigration provisions in the enacted package.
Fitzgerald said the legislation 'delivers on our promise to bring tax relief, reduce government waste, and secure our border' and that it 'fully funds President Trump’s border wall and increases staffing for ICE and Border Patrol.'
Fitzgerald said the address focused on 'securing the border' and that he looked forward to working with Congress to advance 'pro-security' policies.
The House website’s latest-news feed says Fitzgerald voted to pass H.R. 8646, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, and his office described the measure as supporting American agriculture and national security.
Fitzgerald introduced two bills aimed at blocking patents for entities tied to listed foreign-national-security threats and requiring disclosure of foreign-adversary ties; the office said the package is meant to stop hostile foreign entities from using the patent system to gain leverage and undermine U.S. national security.
The White House said the President signed S. 2, the Secure America Act, funding DHS, CBP, and ICE through FY2029 for immigration enforcement and related activities.
Fitzgerald's latest-news feed says he voted to pass S. 2, the Secure America Act, which his office described as fully funding ICE and CBP.
Fitzgerald's office said he voted to pass S. 2, the Secure America Act, and quoted him saying the bill would fully fund DHS, including ICE and CBP, through the reconciliation process and provide resources to protect the American people.
The White House said that on June 10, 2026, the President signed S. 2, the Secure America Act, which provides funding to DHS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and ICE through FY2029 for immigration enforcement and related activities.
GovInfo lists S. 2 as the enrolled Secure America Act, 119th Congress, 2nd Session, with last action June 10, 2026, bill version Enrolled Bill, and Public Law reference 119-21.
The enrolled text appropriates funds through September 30, 2029 for Border Patrol agents and support personnel, border security technology, drug-trafficking interdiction at southwest, northern, and maritime borders, CBP immigration-enforcement activities, and ICE enforcement and removal operations.
The White House described the Secure America Act as fully funding ICE and Border Patrol through President Trump's term and providing resources to keep the border secure, combat human trafficking, stop deadly drugs, dismantle criminal cartels, and enforce immigration laws.
Assessments
Fitzgerald made direct same-term legislative contributions to border and immigration-enforcement policy, including voting for enacted measures such as S. 2, the Secure America Act, and H.R. 1 with DHS, CBP, ICE, border-security, drug-interdiction, and enforcement funding. These actions materially advanced the promise in federal office and produced enacted policy during his House term. However, the pledge to “defend the border and protect Americans” is broad and outcome-based, and the evidence supports concrete progress on border-security funding and enforcement rather than complete fulfillment of the full public-safety and border-defense promise.
As a federal representative, Fitzgerald gets credit for materially advancing the pledge through same-term legislative action, not for single-handedly achieving the entire border-security outcome. The evidence shows he voted for major border and immigration-enforcement measures, including H.R. 1 and S. 2, and S. 2 was signed into law on June 10, 2026. Those enactments concretely advanced funding for CBP, ICE, Border Patrol, and related border-security priorities. But the promise was broader than passing funding and enforcement bills; it framed a general outcome to 'defend the border and protect Americans,' which is not shown as fully achieved by his actions alone. That supports partial rather than full delivery.
As a federal House member, Fitzgerald can only claim partial credit for collective legislative outcomes unless he clearly authored or singularly drove them. The record here shows meaningful same-term action on the promise: he voted for S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, and for H.R. 1, a package his office said funded the border wall and increased ICE and Border Patrol staffing, with enactment evidence showing immigration and homeland-security provisions became law. That is concrete movement on border enforcement and public-safety goals, but it does not establish that the broader promise to 'defend the border and protect Americans' was fully achieved, especially given the sweeping and ongoing nature of the claim. Later 2026 actions cited are more indirect national-security measures, not direct proof of full border delivery.
Fitzgerald’s campaign promise was broad, but the evidence shows he actively advanced border/security legislation in office by voting for and publicly backing bills with immigration, border wall, ICE, and Border Patrol provisions. That is meaningful legislative effort, but it does not show he fully delivered the full promise to 'defend the border and protect Americans' on his own, so this is partial credit rather than full fulfillment.
Fitzgerald promised broadly to defend the border, protect Americans, stop illegal drug trade, end illegal immigration, and prioritize national security. During his federal House tenure he voted for and publicly advocated border and immigration enforcement measures, including the Laken Riley Act and H.R. 1, which was enacted with border-security, wall, ICE, and Border Patrol funding provisions. That is concrete same-term progress toward border security and immigration enforcement. However, the promise was broad and outcome-level, including ending illegal immigration and stopping the illegal drug trade, and the evidence does not show those outcomes were fully achieved. Credit is therefore partial rather than delivered.
Fitzgerald promised to defend the border, stop illegal drug trade, end illegal immigration, and prioritize national security. As a federal House member, he voted for and publicly supported enacted border/immigration-related legislation, including H.R. 1 funding for border wall, ICE, and Border Patrol, and supported the Laken Riley Act. That materially advances the border-security portion of the promise during his same federal term. However, the broader promised outcomes of ending illegal immigration and stopping illegal drug trade are not shown as fully achieved, so this merits partial delivery rather than full delivered.
Fitzgerald made concrete legislative efforts toward the promise, including voting for the Laken Riley Act and supporting/voting for H.R. 1, an enacted reconciliation package with border-security, wall, ICE, and Border Patrol funding. His office explicitly framed H.R. 1 as delivering on border security. However, the campaign promise was broader than funding or enforcement votes, including stopping the illegal drug trade, ending illegal immigration, and protecting Americans; the evidence shows meaningful delivery on part of the border-security agenda but not full completion of the broader promised outcome.