Fund the border wall and strengthen border security.

Kevin Hern · Oklahoma · Republican

spending impact 4.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 96%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

I voted to fund the border wall (H.R.695)

The candidate states support for funding the border wall as part of border security.

Secure the Border - Kevin Hern
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

legacy_unverified · Source version not recorded · locator unknown

The Guardian reported that Trump signed a new law giving DHS about $70 billion, including $26 billion for CBP and $38 billion for ICE, with most of the money directed to immigration enforcement and border operations through 2029.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Congress and the president enacted major border-security funding, including a large CBP allocation that directly supports border-wall and border-security spending.

delivered later_term A for effort

ICE, borders and DHS: what’s in Trump's $70bn immigration crackdown bill?
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 91%

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The Guardian reported that DHS published a Federal Register waiver allowing CBP to build border-security infrastructure in Big Bend, including a 17-mile vehicle barrier system, roads, lighting, and surveillance, using the $46.5 billion border-wall funding.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The federal government is actively deploying the wall/security funding into construction and waivers, showing implementation rather than a stalled promise.

delivered later_term A for effort

‘It’s massive destruction’: outcry in Texas over waivers to allow border wall in Big Bend national park
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 89%

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The amendment appropriated $46.55 billion for border infrastructure and wall system expenses, including barriers, access roads, cameras, lights, and sensors.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official legislative text shows the One Big Beautiful Bill Act included major direct funding for border wall and related border-security infrastructure, satisfying the federal funding portion of the promise at the policy level.

delivered later_term

S.Amdt.2360 to H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

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Hern’s office said he voted for H.R. 1, described it as securing the border, and said his WIRED Act policy was included.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Hern’s official office tied his own vote and included WIRED Act priority to the border-security funding package. This supports concrete effort by Hern, but not sole authorship of the broader wall funding.

partial later_term A for effort

Hern Votes for One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, Codifying the Trump Agenda
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. later_term

The promised policy outcome was substantially enacted at the federal level: H.R. 1/related 2025 legislation appropriated major funding for border wall infrastructure and broader border-security operations, and later evidence shows DHS/CBP implementation activity using that funding. Hern was still serving in Congress and voted for the package; his office also tied an included WIRED Act priority to the border-security funding. Because the major enactment occurred after the campaign context rather than in the same term, timing is later_term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. later_term

Federal border-security and border-wall funding was enacted and implementation was reported, so the promised outcome occurred at the federal level. However, the evidence does not show Kevin Hern himself wrote, sponsored, or materially advanced the funding, so credit is limited to partial rather than full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 87%