Secure the southern border — ensure border-security agencies (DHS, Border Patrol, ICE, Customs) have the tools to stop illegal entry, and work to complete the border wall.
Stated position. What this official has said they believe on this issue — a sourced claim, shown distinctly from any assessment of what they did. It is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
Derived from a tracked promise: “Secure the southern border — ensure border-security agencies (DHS, Border Patrol, ICE, Customs) have the tools to stop illegal entry, and wo…”
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“Our Southern Border is out-of-control and has been for too long. The last few years have seen record numbers of people entering the country illegally, some on the terrorist watch list, and the flow of fentanyl into our communities is now the #1 killer of Americans age 18-45.”
- Tom Barrett for Congress (campaign website, via Internet Archive)http://web.archive.org/web/20240912173015/https://tombarrettforcongress.com/issues ↗
“I will work hard to make sure our border security agencies, such as the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Border Patrol, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Customs have the tools they need to prevent people from entering the country illegally. I will also work to complete the border wall”