Schmidt works to secure the border and keep our communities and our country safe and secure
Work to secure the border.
Occurrences
Evidence
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The campaign site said that as Kansas attorney general Schmidt “fought alongside Texas to secure the southern border of the United States” and that in Congress he would continue to put Kansans first.
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The official House biography says Schmidt has represented Kansas’s Second Congressional District since January 3, 2025, and that he “works every day to secure the border and keep our communities and our country safe and secure.”
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On July 3, 2025, Roll Call 190 recorded the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as passed 218-214. The vote table lists “Schmidt Republican Kansas KS Aye.”
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Public Law 119-21 appropriated $46,550,000,000 for border infrastructure and wall system expenses; $4,100,000,000 to hire and train additional CBP personnel; $6,168,000,000 for border security, technology, and screening; and $10,000,000,000 for a State Border Security Reinforcement Fund.
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On January 22, 2025, Roll Call 23 recorded final House passage of S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, by 263-156. The vote table lists “Schmidt Republican Kansas KS Yea.”
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Public Law 119-1 requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue a detainer and take custody of certain inadmissible aliens charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admitting burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, assault of a law enforcement officer, or crimes causing death or serious bodily injury; it also gives state attorneys general standing to sue over specified detention and removal requirements.
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For S. 2, the Secure America Act, the page lists the bill as having become law on June 10, 2026. For the June 9, 2026 House passage vote, it lists Schmidt among the YES votes and links the underlying source to the House Clerk roll-call XML.
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The report says the federal government extended a pause on construction of border barriers at Big Bend National Park to September 30, 2026, after a San Antonio federal judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking construction in the Big Bend region.
Assessments
Schmidt began his federal term on January 3, 2025, and during that same term voted for enacted measures directly tied to border security, including H.R. 1/Public Law 119-21 with major appropriations for border infrastructure, CBP staffing, border security technology, screening, and state border-security grants. He also voted for the Laken Riley Act and reportedly supported S. 2, both enacted same-term immigration or border-enforcement measures. Because the promise was broad and framed as working to secure the border rather than achieving a fully measurable end state, these same-term enacted votes are enough for delivery despite some implementation delays in specific projects.
Schmidt took office in the U.S. House on January 3, 2025. During that same federal term, he voted for final passage of H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21 and included major border-security funding for border infrastructure, CBP personnel, security technology, screening, and state border-security grants. He also voted for the Laken Riley Act, an enacted immigration-enforcement law. Given the promise was broad and framed as working to secure the border, his support for enacted border-security legislation is sufficient for delivery in the same term.