Secure our nation’s border and finish building the wall.
I will secure the border and finish building the wall.
Occurrences
Evidence
“Secure our nation’s border and finish building the wall.”
Roll 145, H.R. 1, On Passage, Result: P; Mackenzie, Republican, Pennsylvania, Nay on Roll 144 and Roll 145 listed as passage vote; House roll-call index shows H.R. 1 passed on 22-May-2025.
“Just seven months into office, Congressman Mackenzie has helped to ... secure the border once and for all.” The release also says the budget provides resources to secure the border and references the House-passed legislation.
CBP says it has more than 100 miles of new border wall and waterborne barrier funded with prior year appropriations in various stages of planning and construction.
The fact sheet says the order directs the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to finish the wall along the southern border.
Assessments
The promised outcome was to secure the border and finish building the wall. The evidence shows the wall remained in planning and construction as of 2025, so the core promised outcome was not fulfilled. Mackenzie did make or support serious same-term legislative and political efforts toward border-security funding and wall construction, including public claims of delivering border-security resources and participation around House passage of H.R. 1, but those efforts did not complete the wall or prove the border was secured.