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Issue record
In short
Mendoza's campaign would strengthen port-of-entry security, deport violent criminals and oversee detention more closely. Ciscomani's campaign backs stronger enforcement alongside legal paths for people coming to work or study. No campaign site or position was found for Peters; Swing's campaign calls for abolishing ICE and no border wall. Ciscomani voted for the 2025 law with $4.1 billion to hire more border agents and officers, which does not show how many were added.
Campaign positions
Would strengthen port-of-entry security, deport violent criminals and oversee detention more closely. In the debate, called for revamping agricultural worker visas to address costs and labor shortages faced by farms, alongside border enforcement.
Supports stronger enforcement alongside legal pathways for people coming to work or study. In the debate, called for longer guest-worker permits and a solution for DACA recipients and Dreamers. His original cosponsorship of the earlier HIRE Act supports the direction of longer validity for H-2A and H-2B certifications and petitions; it did not become law.
His position is not established: no campaign site, social account or questionnaire of his was found. His FEC committee lists no website, and the Arizona Libertarian Party's candidate page came back empty.
His campaign calls for abolishing ICE, no border wall, and freedom of migration.
Evidence timeline
campaign position
He cosponsored a temporary tribal ceremonial parole proposal with a conditional $200 fee; it is not law or a blanket zero-fee tourism exemption.
In the September 10 debate, Ciscomani said he had worked toward keeping cross-border tourism fees from applying to members of the nation in both the United States and Mexico. Ciscomani was an original cosponsor of Rep. Andy Biggs’s H.R. 5904 on November 4, 2025. Its introduced text would create a two-year conditional exception for parole into the United States for sacred tribal or religious ceremonies, cultural exchange or celebrations. It requires a preliminary criminal background check, a written request from a federally recognized tribe with trust land at or near the Southwest border, and enrollment in that tribe’s cultural-participant program. Under those conditions, the applicant would pay $200 in place of the applicable parole fee. The bill’s action record shows introduction and committee referral, not enactment. Why there is no verdict: The targeted introduced proposal is documented. The intended tourism fee and any universal or enacted tribal exemption remain unverified. Limit: This is concrete work toward targeted fee relief. It does not establish zero fees, a blanket exemption for every tribal member on both sides of the border or relief from every tourism charge. The debate does not identify which fee he meant. Parole admission, citizenship status and the bill’s temporary conditions matter; the separate I-94 land-border charge is not the charge this text amends.
campaign position
A 2019 review calls him vice-chair and carries his trade advocacy; an archived governor page says director. Title continuity, an exclusively trade remit and partner rank are unsettled.
In the September 10 debate, Ciscomani described leading the Arizona-Mexico Commission under the governor with a focus on expanding trade, calling trade expansion its sole focus and Mexico Arizona’s number-one trading partner. A March 2019 trade policy review identifies Ciscomani as commission vice-chair and includes his signed advocacy for the USMCA. An archived governor page separately describes him as the commission’s director. These institutional records support leadership and trade advocacy. The commission’s current mission also includes quality of life, networking and information. Why there is no verdict: Institutional records support leadership and trade focus. Exact title continuity, literal sole-focus scope and the debate-date largest-trading-partner ranking remain source-limited. Limit: The records do not reconstruct an exact continuous title chronology or establish that every aspect of his role or the commission’s work had an exclusively trade remit. This is a role-and-purpose claim, not a claimed numerical increase personally achieved. A directly reviewed dated trade dataset supporting the neighboring number-one-partner assertion was not established in this audit; an inaccessible response is not ranking proof.
official action
He voted for H.R. 1, which gives Customs and Border Protection $4.1 billion to hire and train more agents and officers; his own two agency bills have not become law.
His campaign lists more agents at the border among the results it says he works for. 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.
official action
He originally cosponsored a 2023 bill proposing three-year H-2A and H-2B certifications and petitions; it did not become law, and his debate did not name its intended bill.
In the September 10 AZ-06 debate, Ciscomani described supporting legislation to lengthen guest-worker work permits beyond one year. Ciscomani was an original cosponsor of the HIRE Act, H.R. 4708, on July 18, 2023; Rep. Tony Gonzales introduced it. Section 2 proposed three-year validity for H-2A agricultural and H-2B nonagricultural labor certifications and petitions. Section 3 would allow an in-person interview to be waived for a worker renewing either status within four years after it expired. The complete action list records introduction and referral to two House committees on July 18, 2023. The proposal did not pass or become law in the 118th Congress. Limit: The debate did not name a bill. This verifies a related action supporting longer validity, not the identity of the unnamed proposal. His formal role was original cosponsor. Three-year certifications and petitions would not guarantee that every worker could return or remain for three years; the interview waiver would be discretionary. This earlier proposal is not a current entitlement or an enacted permit extension.
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Mendoza for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign issue page.
candidate statement
For: JoAnna Mendoza: campaign position
Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Arizona Media Association · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026
Publisher corrected October 5 from the same video’s visible channel and production description. 38:00-39:44 Mendoza; 39:54-41:05 Ciscomani. His own-record assertion begins 40:21. He gives no bill number, so H.R. 4708 is a separately verified related action supporting longer validity, not a certified match to an unnamed intended bill. Paraphrase from this video’s native captions captured October 4; no independently confirmed exact quotation. Full native payload retained privately.
candidate statement
For: JoAnna Mendoza: campaign position; Juan Ciscomani: campaign position; Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
Juan Ciscomani for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Campaign-controlled source, the site his FEC committee lists. It links his X, Instagram and Facebook accounts. Positions are attributed, not independently verified.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: campaign position; Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
Congress.gov · Published Jul 18, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026
Gonzales is the sponsor; Ciscomani is an original July 18, 2023 cosponsor. Complete official records checked October 5: four actions, all introduction or referral on July 18, 2023; 37 cosponsors. No passage or enactment in the 118th Congress. The CRS summary, updated February 28, 2024, describes the agricultural H-2A and nonagricultural H-2B certification and petition provisions.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: campaign position; Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 18, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026
Section 2 covers three-year employer certifications and petitions in the H-2A and H-2B programs. Section 3 permits interview waivers for status renewals within four years of expiration. Introduced proposal, not law, guaranteed visa issuance or guaranteed reentry.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: campaign position; Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Libertarian candidate for this seat, Tucson. His committee, JEREME LANCE PETERS FOR CONGRESS (C00946525), lists no website and names him as treasurer.
fec filing
For: Jereme Lance Peters: campaign position
Arizona Libertarian Party · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Searched for a statement from him. The page redirects to a candidate directory that returned an empty page on October 1, 2026.
endorsement
For: Jereme Lance Peters: campaign position
Gary Swing · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His campaign site, headed 'Green Party of Arizona, 6th Congressional District', with his campaign message. It carries no paid-for line (he has no committee). Its social bar links one account, the Facebook page RunFromCongress.
candidate statement
For: Gary Swing: campaign position
Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Arizona Media Association · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Paraphrase from native publisher captions, beginning at 41:51.842 in the original window. The original and surrounding/repeat context were reviewed; no audio-authenticated verbatim quotation is claimed.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
Library of Congress / Congress.gov · Published Nov 4, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Biggs sponsored; Ciscomani original cosponsor November 4, 2025. Complete captured action list contains introduction and Judiciary referral; no passage or enactment.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Nov 4, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Two-year conditional parole exception for specified tribal/religious ceremonies, cultural exchange or celebrations. It substitutes $200, rather than zero, and requires background screening, tribal written request and cultural-program enrollment. This is a parole charge, not a universal tourism or I-94 fee waiver.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Arizona Media Association · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Paraphrase from native publisher captions, beginning at 43:57.034 in the original window. The original and surrounding/repeat context were reviewed; no audio-authenticated verbatim quotation is claimed.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
Office of the Arizona Governor / Arizona-Mexico Commission · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Page 3 identifies Ciscomani as Arizona-Mexico Commission vice-chair and signs trade-agreement advocacy. Not a measured-growth attribution.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
Office of the Arizona Governor · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
The institutional page title identifies him as director; an exact continuous director/vice-chair title chronology is not reconstructed.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
Arizona-Mexico Commission · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Institutional mission covers economic prosperity and quality of life through advocacy, trade, networking and information. A current mission is not his historical job remit.
official office record
For: Juan Ciscomani: record does not settle this
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of May 22, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. On passage; 215 to 214, one Present.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of July 3, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. On the motion to concur in the Senate amendment; 218 to 214.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The enacted text. Used for sections 70103 (the $6,000 deduction for people 65 and older), 70201 (tips), 70202 (overtime) and 90002 (Customs and Border Protection personnel). A search of the full text finds no change to how Social Security benefits are taxed.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsorship (Ciscomani). Also titled the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Hiring and Retention Act of 2024; official title 'To provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection with adequate flexibility in its employment authorities.' Referred to committee on February 15, 2024, with no further action.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sponsorship (Ciscomani) and the CRS summary: full-year fiscal 2026 funding for Homeland Security, including Customs and Border Protection, after the partial shutdown that began February 14, 2026. Passed the House March 26, 2026; received in the Senate April 2.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Recorded vote of March 26, 2026, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. On passage; 218 to 206.
official legislative record
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction
Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Arizona Media Association · Published Sep 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026
Own-record window beginning 40:15, within the retained native captions. Paraphrase only; the earlier wider exchange source is retained separately.
candidate statement
For: Juan Ciscomani: Matches stated direction