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Issue record

The border and immigration

In short

De La Cruz's campaign backs Remain in Mexico, ending catch and release, border infrastructure, Border Patrol, more immigration judges and E-Verify. Pulido's campaign backs border security, deporting violent criminals, Central American vetting hubs and a path to legal status for workers. On the record, De La Cruz voted for a 2023 border bill, not law, and the 2025 wall-funding law. Five measures she sponsored passed the House; one, a study of fentanyl money, became law.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Monica De La Cruz

Her campaign says it will reinstate Remain in Mexico, end catch and release, complete border infrastructure, support Border Patrol, hire more immigration judges and support E-Verify.

Bobby Pulido

His campaign wants a secure border and the removal of violent criminals here illegally, more vetting hubs in Central America, and a fair path to legalization for people who come to work.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated direction

    She voted for a 2023 House bill to restart wall building, let migrants wait in Mexico and require E-Verify, which the Senate never voted on, and for the 2025 law paying for the wall.

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    Her campaign says it will reinstate the Remain in Mexico policy, end catch and release, complete border infrastructure, support Border Patrol, hire more immigration judges and support E-Verify. She voted Yea on H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, which passed the House 219 to 213 on May 11, 2023. Its text orders border wall construction to resume, lets the Homeland Security Secretary return migrants arriving by land to Mexico while their cases proceed, and makes E-Verify mandatory for employers. The Senate placed it on its calendar and never voted on it. She also sponsored H.Res. 1065, denouncing the Biden administration's immigration policies, which the House adopted 226 to 193 on March 12, 2024. The 2025 reconciliation act, which she voted for twice and which became Public Law 119-21, pays for border wall construction ($46.55 billion, section 90001), more Border Patrol agents (section 90002) and hiring immigration judges (section 100054). Limit: H.R. 2 did not become law, but the wall, Border Patrol and immigration-judge money in the 2025 act did. The same act caps the number of immigration judges at 800 from November 2028. Her votes on that act were votes on the whole act. A resolution states a view and changes no policy.

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    Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim

    Five of her measures passed the House; two were nonbinding resolutions. One became law in September 2024, ordering a study of synthetic-drug trafficking finance, not enforcement.

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    Her campaign says that in her first term she secured passage of five key pieces of legislation, including a bill targeting fentanyl trafficking that was signed into law. Five measures she sponsored passed the House in the 118th Congress: H.R. 1076 (402 to 2, May 22, 2023), H.Res. 683 on Mexico's water deliveries (voice vote, November 28, 2023), H.Res. 1065 on immigration policy (226 to 193, March 12, 2024), the HUD Transparency Act (voice vote, July 22, 2024) and the Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act (voice vote, December 4, 2024). H.R. 1076 was signed on September 13, 2024 as Public Law 118-79. It orders the Comptroller General to study how the trafficking of synthetic drugs, including fentanyl, is financed. Limit: Passage here means the House. Only H.R. 1076 became law that term, and two of the five are House resolutions, which carry no force of law. The fentanyl law orders a study rather than new enforcement. Before hers, the last bill by a 15th District member to become law was signed in July 2005.

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Sources19 source records

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  1. Monica on the Issueshttps://monicaforcongress.us/issues/

    Monica for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The campaign's issue list: six headings (agriculture, border security and immigration, economy, energy, seniors, spending and national debt) with short bullet lines. Undated.

    candidate statement

    For: Monica De La Cruz: campaign position; Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated direction

  2. Issueshttps://www.bobbypulidofortexas.com/issues/

    Bobby Pulido for Texas · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The campaign's issue page: six sections (economy, agriculture, border security and immigration, health care, education, water), written in his voice. Undated. One passage is about his opponent's vote and is not used here.

    candidate statement

    For: Bobby Pulido: campaign position

  3. Roll Call 209 of 2023, H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023209

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 11, 2023, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. Her vote is listed under her member ID, D000594.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated direction

  4. H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Passed the House 219 to 213 on May 11, 2023 (Roll Call 209); placed on the Senate calendar and never brought to a vote. The House-passed text orders border wall construction to resume (Division A, section 102), lets the Homeland Security Secretary return arriving migrants to Mexico while their cases proceed (Division B), and makes E-Verify mandatory (Division B, title VIII).

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated direction

  5. H.R. 2, 118th Congress, engrossed in Househttps://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr2/BILLS-118hr2eh.htm

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The text as passed by the House on May 11, 2023.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated direction

  6. H.Res. 1065, 118th Congress, denouncing the Biden administration's immigration policieshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1065

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    She is the sponsor. Agreed to 226 to 193 on March 12, 2024 (Roll Call 85). A House resolution has no force of law.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated direction; Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim

  7. Roll Call 85 of 2024, H.Res. 1065, on agreeing to the resolutionhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202485

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of March 12, 2024, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. Her vote is listed under her member ID, D000594.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated direction; Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim

  8. Roll Call 145 of 2025, H.R. 1, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145

    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. Her vote is listed under her member ID, D000594.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated direction

  9. Roll Call 190 of 2025, H.R. 1, on concurring in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190

    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. Her vote is listed under her member ID, D000594.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated direction

  10. H.R. 1, 119th Congress (the 2025 reconciliation act), Public Law 119-21https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Passed the House May 22, 2025 (Roll Call 145) and, as amended by the Senate, July 3, 2025 (Roll Call 190); signed July 4, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated direction

  11. Public Law 119-21https://www.congress.gov/119/plaws/publ21/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted text. Section 70101 extends the reduced individual rates and section 70105 the deduction for qualified business income. Sections 50101 and 50102 require onshore and offshore oil and gas lease sales. Section 90001 appropriates $46,550,000,000 for the border wall system, section 90002 money to hire Border Patrol agents and other CBP staff, and section 100054 money for hiring immigration judges. Section 72001 raises the debt limit by $5,000,000,000,000.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated direction

  12. Abouthttps://monicaforcongress.us/about/

    Monica for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign biography. Undated; it describes her first term in the past tense, so it was written after 2024.

    candidate statement

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim

  13. H.R. 1076, Preventing the Financing of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1076

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    She is the sponsor. Passed the House 402 to 2 on May 22, 2023, passed the Senate by unanimous consent on July 23, 2024, signed September 13, 2024 as Public Law 118-79.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim

  14. Roll Call 228 of 2023, H.R. 1076, on suspending the rules and passing the billhttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023228

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 22, 2023, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML. Her vote is listed under her member ID, D000594.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim

  15. Public Law 118-79https://www.congress.gov/118/plaws/publ79/PLAW-118publ79.htm

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted text. Section 3 orders the Comptroller General to study illicit financing in the trafficking of synthetic drugs, including fentanyl.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim

  16. H.Res. 683, 118th Congress, on Mexico's water deliveries under the 1944 treatyhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/683

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    She is the sponsor. Agreed to by the House by voice vote on November 28, 2023. A House resolution has no force of law.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim

  17. H.R. 7280, HUD Transparency Act of 2024, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7280

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    She is the sponsor. Passed the House by voice vote on July 22, 2024; referred in the Senate.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim

  18. H.R. 7480, Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7480

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    She is the sponsor. Passed the House by voice vote on December 4, 2024; referred in the Senate. Reintroduced as H.R. 224 in the 119th Congress.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim

  19. H.R. 1072, 109th Congress, a post office naming bill by Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15)https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/1072

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Became Public Law 109-27 on July 12, 2005. Of the bills sponsored by the district's two members before her, Rubén Hinojosa (105th to 114th Congresses) and Vicente Gonzalez (115th to 117th for the 15th District), it is the last to become law, read from each member's Congress.gov sponsored-legislation list on October 1, 2026. Gonzalez's one enacted bill, Public Law 118-220 of January 2, 2025, came when he represented the 34th District.

    official legislative record

    For: Monica De La Cruz: Matches stated record claim