With today’s passage of the Budget Resolution, we can begin the process of funding those who work every day to secure our homeland. ... House Republicans are committed to getting this done.
Fund ICE and CBP through the FY26 budget and reconciliation process.
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critical border funding is needed to secure our border and provide aid to our border agents
Hern Applauds Passage of Budget Resolution to Fund ICE & CBP
today voted in favor of the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Budget Resolution, which lays the budget framework for the reconciliation process to fund Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Vote Question: On Passage Farm, Food, and National Security Act
Secure the Border — Voted for H.R.695 to fund border wall and cosponsored H.R.768 to defund sanctuary campuses.
Secure the Border Voted for H.R.695 to fund border wall and cosponsored H.R.768 to defund sanctuary campuses.
I’m proud to vote in support of this critical funding for border security so our Border Patrol and immigration agents have the resources they need to deport illegal immigrants, secure the border, and keep our communities safe.
Evidence
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Hern said he voted for the FY26 budget resolution because it lays the budget framework for the reconciliation process to fund ICE and CBP.
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The Senate Budget Committee’s ranking-member newsroom reported that the parliamentarian advised Byrd Rule violations in Republicans’ ICE and Border Patrol reconciliation bill, indicating the funding package was still under procedural challenge.
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Public Law 119-98, the Secure America Act, was approved June 10, 2026 as S. 2, a reconciliation act pursuant to S. Con. Res. 33. The enacted text appropriates FY2026 funds for CBP and ICE accounts, with major sums remaining available until September 30, 2029, including $13.02 billion for CBP immigration enforcement and $31.075 billion for ICE immigration enforcement.
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The House Clerk recorded Roll Call 214 on June 9, 2026 for S. 2, Secure America Act, with the vote question on passage, status passed, 214 ayes to 212 noes. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma is listed as voting Aye.
Assessments
The promise was to fund ICE and CBP through the FY26 budget and reconciliation process. Public Law 119-98, enacted June 10, 2026 during Hern's same House term, was a reconciliation act that appropriated FY2026 funding for both CBP and ICE enforcement accounts. Hern also personally supported the process by voting for the FY26 budget-resolution framework and voting Aye on final House passage of S. 2 before enactment. This satisfies both the policy outcome and the campaign/office credit standard.
Hern supported the FY26 budget-resolution step intended to open reconciliation for ICE and CBP funding, but the evidence does not show the promised funding was actually enacted. A later Senate parliamentarian ruling indicated the reconciliation vehicle still faced procedural obstacles, so the outcome was not delivered during the term and remains unfulfilled on the record provided.
Hern did take a direct same-term step toward the promise by voting for the FY2026 budget resolution that created reconciliation instructions intended to fund ICE and CBP. But the promised outcome was to fund ICE and CBP through the FY26 budget and reconciliation process, and the record available as of May 22, 2026 shows the reconciliation funding package was still unresolved and facing Byrd Rule/procedural obstacles, with reported funding still in limbo. A budget framework vote is meaningful progress but not final enacted funding, so this is partial rather than delivered.