Secure the southern border.

Top priorities for CD-5: Fix the broken Biden-Harris economy, secure the southern border, maintain our five military installations and keep Space Command in Colorado Springs.

In a bio submitted to KKTV for his 2024 Colorado 5th District campaign, Crank listed securing the southern border as a top priority.

Know Before You Vote: In-depth interview with 2024 CD-5 candidate Jeff Crank
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We must enforce border security and that includes building a wall in some areas, more border patrol agents, technology such as drones, sensors, etc.

Crank said Congress should secure the border through enforcement measures including wall construction in some areas, more Border Patrol agents, and technology such as drones and sensors.

5th Congressional District: Jeff Crank
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No, we need to secure the border. Period. We need to do that. The American people want that done... Let's stop the problem first. We could secure our border.

Crank said the United States needs to secure the border first and argued it could be done.

Colorado District 5 candidate, Republican Jeff Crank on military spending, immigration, and why he believes he should go to Washington, DC
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Crank said his top priority would to limit immigration without legal permission at the U.S.-Mexico border. Crank said, "The first priority for every Republican in Congress must be stopping the flow of illegal immigrants into our country."

During the 2024 Republican primary for Colorado's 5th Congressional District, Crank committed to making border security and stopping unlawful immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border his top priority in Congress.

Colorado's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 - Ballotpedia
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Ballotpedia's candidate profile said Crank's top priority was limiting unauthorized immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border and quoted him saying Republicans' first priority must be stopping the flow of illegal immigrants.

Establishes that the campaign promise was border-security focused and tied to the U.S.-Mexico border.

unresolved unknown

Colorado's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 - Ballotpedia
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The House Clerk recorded S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, as passed 263-156. The vote list shows Crank, Republican, Colorado, voting Yea.

Crank voted for an immigration-enforcement bill that passed the House during his first term.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 23, Bill Number: S. 5, 119th Congress, 1st Session
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Public Law 119-1 requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to take certain aliens into custody, including aliens charged with theft-related offenses, and amends immigration detention and enforcement provisions.

The Laken Riley Act became law, giving Crank a concrete enacted immigration-enforcement achievement, though it is narrower than fully securing the southern border.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-1, Laken Riley Act
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The House Clerk recorded H.R. 1 as passed 218-214 on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment. The vote list shows Crank, Republican, Colorado, voting Aye.

Crank voted for the final House passage of a reconciliation law containing major border infrastructure, CBP, ICE, and border technology funding.

partial same_term A for effort

Roll Call 190, Bill Number: H.R. 1, 119th Congress, 1st Session
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Section 90001 appropriates $46,550,000,000 for border infrastructure and wall system expenses, including barriers, access roads, cameras, lights, sensors, and other detection technology.

The enacted law funds border wall and related infrastructure, directly addressing part of the promise to secure the southern border.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-21
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Sections 90002 through 90004 appropriate funds for CBP personnel, vehicles, facilities, ICE detention capacity, and $6,168,000,000 for border security, technology, and screening.

The enacted law provides additional personnel, detention, and technology resources for immigration and border enforcement, but the record does not prove the southern border was fully secured.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-21
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