Work to secure the border.

Schmidt works to secure the border and keep our communities and our country safe and secure

The official House biography says Schmidt works in Congress to secure the border and keep communities and the country safe.

About | Representative Derek Schmidt
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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.

Establishes the campaign context for the border-security promise and ties it to Schmidt’s 2024 congressional campaign messaging.

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Derek Schmidt for Congress campaign website
campaign · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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.”

Confirms the relevant federal term began January 3, 2025, and that his office presents border security as an active congressional priority.

partial same_term A for effort

Representative Derek Schmidt |
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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.”

Schmidt voted for final House passage of the enacted reconciliation law that included major border-security appropriations.

delivered same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House Roll Call 190, H.R. 1
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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.

The bill Schmidt supported became law and funded border barriers, CBP staffing, surveillance/screening technology, and state border-security grants, directly addressing the promise to work to secure the border.

delivered same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-21, H.R. 1
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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.”

Schmidt voted for final passage of an immigration-enforcement bill that became law early in his term.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House Roll Call 23, S. 5 Laken Riley Act
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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.

The enacted law strengthens immigration detention and state enforcement tools, which is related to border and immigration security but narrower than physically securing the border.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-1, S. 5 Laken Riley Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%