supporting America first principles that will secure our southern border
Secure the southern border.
Occurrences
Evidence
AP reported within the lookback window that the administration was advancing a $46 billion border 'smart wall' project funded by Congress, combining steel barriers with sensors, cameras, towers, and AI systems; CBP was reportedly building about six miles per week and had completed 74 additional miles since Trump returned to office.
Public Law 119-21 appropriated $46,550,000,000 to the CBP Commissioner through September 30, 2029 for border infrastructure and wall system expenses, including new or replacement barriers, access roads, cameras, lights, sensors, detection technology, and ground work needed for CBP operations.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 190 on H.R. 1 as passed 218-214 on July 3, 2025; Hamadeh (AZ), Republican of Arizona, voted Aye.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 23 on S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, as passed 263-156 on January 22, 2025; Hamadeh (AZ), Republican of Arizona, voted Yea.
Assessments
Hamadeh campaigned for a federal House seat and, during his first term, voted for enacted measures aligned with southern border security, including H.R. 1 funding for border barriers, surveillance technology, CBP facilities, personnel, and detention capacity, as well as the Laken Riley Act. Those actions materially advanced border-security policy in the same term. However, the promise to secure the southern border is broad and outcome-based, and the cited implementation remains ongoing rather than showing the border fully secured. This supports partial fulfillment, not full delivery.