The border: more agents
What they say
His campaign lists more agents at the border among the results it says he works for.
“His focus is on getting results for the people he represents, whether it's more agents at the border”
What the record shows ·
He voted for H.R. 1 (Roll Calls 145 and 190), now Public Law 119-21. Its section 90002 gives Customs and Border Protection $4.1 billion, available through September 2029, to hire and train more Border Patrol agents, port officers and Air and Marine agents, and $2.05 billion for hiring, retention and performance bonuses. He sponsored the CBP HiRe Act of 2024 (H.R. 7369), to give the agency more flexible hiring rules; it was referred to committee and went no further. He also sponsored the Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act (H.R. 8029), full-year 2026 funding for Homeland Security including Customs and Border Protection. It passed the House 218 to 206 on March 26, 2026, with his vote, and has not passed the Senate.
Limit: He voted for the money to hire more agents. A law that pays for hiring does not show how many agents were actually added, and his vote was on the whole act, not this section alone. His own two bills on the agency's staff and funding have not become law.