Now, I’m fighting alongside President Trump to deploy our military to the border, label Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorists, and support Tom Homan in his efforts to deport Biden’s illegal immigrants.
Support deploying the military to the southern border.
Occurrences
Now, I’m fighting alongside President Trump to deploy our military to the border, label Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorists, and support Tom Homan in his efforts to deport Biden’s illegal immigrants.
Evidence
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"Now, I’m fighting alongside President Trump to deploy our military to the border, label Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorists, and support Tom Homan in his efforts to deport Biden’s illegal immigrants."
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The proclamation states that "it is necessary for the Armed Forces to take all appropriate action to assist the Department of Homeland Security" and directs the Secretary of Defense to order Armed Forces and National Guard units to support activities at the southern border.
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The memorandum says the military "take a more direct role in securing our southern border" and gives additional guidance to the Secretary of Defense and other agencies for border operations.
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GovInfo shows H.R. 7105 introduced by Rep. Hunt and referred to the House Judiciary Committee on January 15, 2026; the bill would authorize the President to proclaim an invasion at the southern border and prevent immigration relief during that declared invasion.
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DVIDS reported that soldiers assigned to the 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade with Joint Task Force-Southern Border, supporting Operation Ardent Vanguard, operated in Texas with Border Patrol and state troopers; the story says they work with DHS and CBP to provide military capabilities to protect the territorial integrity of the southern border.
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The DOJ Office of Legal Counsel stated that six National Defense Areas had been established in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas after presidential directives for the military to take a more direct role in securing the southern border, and concluded that the Posse Comitatus Act does not prohibit military personnel from making certain arrests outside an NDA for crimes committed within it.
Assessments
Hunt promised to support deploying the military to the southern border, not to personally order the deployment. During his same federal term, the executive branch formally directed Armed Forces and National Guard support at the southern border, later expanded the military mission, and military sources documented active Joint Task Force-Southern Border operations in Texas. Hunt also publicly aligned himself with that deployment policy and introduced related border-security legislation, so the promised support and the underlying deployment outcome were both satisfied in the relevant term.
The promise was framed as supporting military deployment to the southern border, not personally enacting it. During the same term, the executive branch formally directed Armed Forces and National Guard support at the southern border, and Hunt publicly aligned himself with that policy while introducing related border-security legislation. Because the promised policy outcome occurred and Hunt supported it, this is best classified as delivered, though the main deployment authority came through executive action rather than Hunt's bill.