We must start by enhancing our border security. A border wall is needed to deter those attempting to enter the country illegally. ... requiring employers to utilize the E-Verify system ... ending chain migration ... replacing the visa-lottery system ... with a merit-based system instead. We must also invest in our Border Patrol agents and law enforcement officers ... hire additional immigration judges and support staff, hire additional Border Patrol agents, and increase Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel
Enhance border security by permanently securing the border, requiring E-Verify, ending chain migration, replacing the visa lottery with a merit-based system, and increasing enforcement resources.
Occurrences
Evidence
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AP reported that Congress was on the verge of approving a nearly $70 billion package for DHS, and that the House was expected to take up a bill that would send $30 billion to ICE and billions more to Border Patrol, with the funding prepaying operations into 2029.
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AP reported that President Trump signed the bill into law, giving his immigration and deportation agenda a nearly $70 billion boost; the law provides $38 billion for ICE and $26 billion for the Border Patrol and ends the funding fight over DHS.
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GovInfo identifies S. 2 as the Secure America Act, approved June 10, 2026. The law appropriates $9.55 billion for CBP Border Patrol personnel, $3.45 billion for border security technology and screening, $13.02 billion for CBP immigration enforcement, $31.075 billion for ICE immigration enforcement, and at least $350 million for ICE operations involving released covered unlawful aliens, with funds generally available through September 30, 2029.
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 214 on S. 2, the Secure America Act, on June 9, 2026. The vote question was final passage, status was Passed, the vote was 214 Aye to 212 No, and Robert J. Wittman of Virginia voted Aye.
Assessments
The promise bundled several distinct immigration changes: permanently securing the border, mandatory E-Verify, ending chain migration, replacing the diversity visa lottery with a merit-based system, and increasing enforcement resources. The Secure America Act enacted substantial CBP, Border Patrol, ICE, technology, and immigration-enforcement funding in June 2026, and Wittman voted for final passage while serving in Congress. That delivers the enforcement-resources and border-security funding portion in the same federal term, but the evidence does not show enactment of mandatory E-Verify, elimination of family-based chain migration, or replacement of the visa lottery with a merit-based system. Because major components remain undelivered, this is partial rather than delivered.
The evidence supports enactment of only one major part of this multi-part promise: increasing border and immigration enforcement resources. Congress approved and the president signed a law providing roughly $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol, which counts toward the enforcement-funding portion while Wittman was still in office. But the payload does not show that the broader promised outcomes were enacted, including mandatory E-Verify, ending chain migration, or replacing the visa lottery with a merit-based system. Because the delivered result is substantial but only covers part of the pledge, and because Wittman's credit appears collective as a member of Congress rather than uniquely decisive on the whole agenda, the best judgment is partial fulfillment in the same term.