The issues page states that Miller-Meeks is focused on border security and lists actions such as voting for the SAVE Act and supporting the Laken Riley Act; it frames these as responses to the Biden-Harris border crisis. The page also says she voted in favor of the SAVE Act and references a House-passed border-related bill.
This shows sustained advocacy for border-security legislation, but it does not demonstrate that the southern border was actually secured. It is evidence of effort, not delivery.
The press release says the package includes the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 and claims it 'Secur[es] the Border: Ends Biden’s catch-and-release programs, expands fentanyl interdiction, increases ICE funding, and defunds illegal immigration incentives.'
This is concrete legislative support for border-security funding and enforcement, but it is not proof that the southern border itself was secured or that the policy objective was fully achieved.
The release on the FY2026 NDAA says the bill includes 'Border security support through National Guard deployment and counter-drug operations.'
This is another concrete vote and legislative action tied to border security, especially counter-drug operations, but it still does not show completion of the broader promise to secure the southern border.
The statement says 'Border Patrol, Corrections Officers, and our Military are all working without pay' during the shutdown and frames the shutdown as harming border operations.
This indicates continued dependence on the federal border-enforcement apparatus rather than a resolved border-security outcome. It does not support delivery.
The release says the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 includes 'Border Security and Counter-Drug Operations.'
This is additional evidence of affirmative votes on funding that includes border-security components, but it remains an indirect step rather than proof of a secured southern border.
The release says reopening the Keystone Pipeline would 'strengthen our national security' and 'secure domestic energy supply,' but it is focused on energy policy, not border security.
This is tangential and does not directly advance the southern-border promise. It is included only to show that the available recent record does not show a completed border-security result.
The release says she voted YES on a continuing resolution to fund the government until mid-January.
This is outside the requested lookback period and does not provide current evidence of border-security delivery; it is not strong evidence for the claim.
The evidence shows Miller-Meeks took repeated same-term actions supporting tougher southern-border enforcement, including votes for appropriations and defense measures with border-security, ICE, interdiction, National Guard, and counter-drug provisions, plus broader advocacy for border-related legislation. However, the promise is outcome-oriented: to 'secure the southern border.' The record provided does not show the border was in fact secured, only that she backed measures intended to advance that goal. Because she materially pursued the promise but the available evidence does not establish full completion of the promised result, the best judgment is partial rather than delivered.