Eric Flores
His campaign lists securing the border and supporting law enforcement among his priorities, and describes his work as a federal prosecutor of human smugglers.
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Issue record
The border and public safety
In short
Flores's campaign backs border security and law enforcement, citing his work prosecuting human smugglers. Gonzalez's campaign lists no border or policing position on the pages checked. Royal said in 2024 that immigration would not be a problem if the president enforced existing laws; Espinoza's campaign lists no border position but backs gun control. Flores prosecuted a ring that moved 2,459 migrants; a U.S. Attorney's release calls it one of the district's largest in recent history.
Campaign positions
What each campaign says.
Vicente Gonzalez
No position on the border or on policing was found on his issues page, which sets out seven subjects without either. His accomplishments page concerns immigration only in its work on deported veterans.
Chris Royal
His current site does not address it. In his 2024 survey he said immigration would not be a problem if the president simply executed the laws already on the books.
Eddie Espinoza
No border position was found on his site. His platform lists common-sense gun control, and says he holds the 2026 Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate distinction.
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Evidence timeline
What the record shows.
official action
Eric Flores: Matches stated direction
He prosecuted a ring that moved 2,459 migrants, which a U.S. Attorney's release calls one of the largest takedowns in the district in recent history, not the largest.
Full detail
His campaign says that as a federal prosecutor he dismantled the district's largest transnational human-smuggling ring. A U.S. Attorney's release of July 30, 2024 names him as the prosecutor of a smuggling ring that moved 2,459 migrants and laundered $2.9 million. Its two leaders were ordered to serve 240 months in federal prison. The release says the judge agreed it was one of the largest alien smuggling takedowns the district had seen in recent history. Limit: The release says one of the largest in recent history, not the largest. The FBI led the investigation with help from other agencies; he prosecuted the case. It was read from an archived copy because justice.gov sent a bot-check page.
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Sources9 source records
- Campaign home pagehttps://www.ericflores.com/
Eric Flores for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source; the page carries "PAID FOR BY ERIC FLORES FOR CONGRESS" and is the website his committee filed with the FEC. It links an X account, @EricDFloress, an Instagram account, @eric4texas, and a Facebook page.
candidate statement
For: Eric Flores: campaign position
- About Erichttps://www.ericflores.com/abouteric
Eric Flores for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source, used for his biography. A U.S. Attorney's release backs part of his account of his prosecutions; the Top Ten conviction and the two awards were not checked.
candidate statement
For: Eric Flores: campaign position; Eric Flores: Matches stated direction
- Issueshttps://vicentegonzalez.com/issues/
Vicente Gonzalez for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source. Seven subjects: affordability, seniors, women's rights, education, veterans, health care and jobs. It states goals rather than proposals, and names no bill. There is no section on the border, energy or campaign finance.
candidate statement
For: Vicente Gonzalez: campaign position
- Accomplishmentshttps://vicentegonzalez.com/accomplishments/
Vicente Gonzalez for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source and the page where he makes claims about his own record: seven sections on the economy, jobs, seniors, veterans, women's rights, health care and education. Every quoted sentence on this desk was matched against the live page.
candidate statement
For: Vicente Gonzalez: campaign position
- Chris Royal for Congresshttps://chriscongress.com/
Chris Royal for Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
A one-page site built on a website builder, much of it marked under construction. It carries no paid-for line, so it was identified by its name, its Libertarian content and its closing request to vote for Chris Royal in November; it is the address search results give for his campaign. It links no social account. Read September 23, 2026.
candidate statement
For: Chris Royal: campaign position
- Chris Royalhttps://ballotpedia.org/Chris_Royal
Ballotpedia · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Carries his own answers to Ballotpedia's candidate survey, given in 2024 when he was running for this seat as an independent. They are his words but they are two years old, and he was not on the 2024 general-election ballot. Used for his biography and for positions where his current site says nothing, each marked with its year. The page lists a personal Facebook account.
candidate statement
For: Chris Royal: campaign position
- Prioritieshttps://espinoza4tx.com/priorities/
Espinoza For Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
Campaign-controlled source; his platform as a list.
candidate statement
For: Eddie Espinoza: campaign position
- Espinoza For Congress, homehttps://espinoza4tx.com/
Espinoza For Congress · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026
A WordPress site with no paid-for line. It was identified as his by the address the Green Party of Texas gives for his campaign and by the committee email on his FEC statement of organization, espinoza4tx. It links X, Facebook and Instagram accounts under Espinoza4TX. The page contrasts him with his opponents; that material is out of scope here.
candidate statement
For: Eddie Espinoza: campaign position
- South Texas smugglers: ring leaders sentenced for transporting nearly 2,500 people in $2.9M conspiracyhttps://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/south-texas-smugglers-ring-leaders-sentenced-transporting-nearly-2500-people-29m
U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas · Published Jul 30, 2024 · Reviewed Sep 24, 2026
Press release of July 30, 2024, updated July 31, 2024. justice.gov sent this desk a bot-check page, so the release was read from the Internet Archive snapshot of May 24, 2026: http://web.archive.org/web/20260524195908/https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/south-texas-smugglers-ring-leaders-sentenced-transporting-nearly-2500-people-29m.
official office record
For: Eric Flores: Matches stated direction