I continue to support legislation that will impose tougher penalties, as well as deport dangerous gang members and traffickers who are in this country illegally.
He will continue supporting legislation for tougher penalties against criminal illegal immigration and for deporting dangerous gang members and traffickers.
Occurrences
Illegal immigration undermines the American workforce and creates real national security risks for the United States.
Evidence
"Harris (MD) Republican Maryland MD Aye"
"combat human trafficking, stop the flow of deadly drugs, dismantle criminal cartels and enforce America's immigration laws"
The House Clerk records Roll Call 214 on June 9, 2026, for S. 2, the Secure America Act. The vote question was On Passage, status Passed, with 214 Ayes and 212 Noes. The individual vote list records Harris (MD), Republican, Maryland, voting Aye.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 23 on January 22, 2025, for S. 5, the Laken Riley Act. The vote question was On Passage, status Passed, with 263 Yeas and 156 Nays. The individual vote list records Harris (MD), Republican, Maryland, voting Yea.
Public Law 119-1 states that the Laken Riley Act requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens charged in the United States with theft and amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to cover inadmissible aliens charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admitting burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, assault of a law enforcement officer, or crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury. It also requires DHS to issue a detainer and expeditiously take custody of such aliens.
The Guardian reported that President Trump signed the Secure America Act on June 10, 2026, describing it as a $70 billion immigration-enforcement package funding ICE and CBP through 2029 and aimed at strengthening border security, combating human trafficking, dismantling criminal cartels, and enforcing immigration laws.
Congress.gov records H.R.3697 as the Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act, introduced September 7, 2017, passed by the House on September 14, 2017, and received in the Senate on September 18, 2017. The CRS summary says the bill would make certain criminal gang members inadmissible or deportable, includes trafficking in persons among specified offenses, provides mandatory detention of alien gang members, and makes them ineligible for several immigration protections.
Assessments
Harris promised continued support for legislation imposing tougher consequences on criminal illegal immigration and deporting dangerous gang members and traffickers. During the relevant federal House term, he voted Yea for the Laken Riley Act, which became Public Law 119-1 and expanded detention/removal consequences for certain criminal aliens. He also voted Aye for House passage of the Secure America Act on June 9, 2026, an immigration-enforcement package tied to trafficking, cartels, and immigration-law enforcement. Because the promise was to support such legislation, and his recorded votes materially supported matching legislation in the same term, this counts as delivered.
The promise was to continue supporting tougher immigration-enforcement legislation, not necessarily to be the sole author or final decision-maker. While serving in the House, Andy Harris cast an Aye vote on June 9, 2026 for House passage of the Secure America Act, an immigration-enforcement measure aimed at trafficking, cartels, drugs, and enforcement of immigration law. Because this is a direct, on-the-record support action closely matching the promise and it occurred during his current term in federal office, the claim is best scored as delivered in the same term.