“Secure the southern border through strong immigration enforcement -- invest in the border, stop asylum abuse, and crack down on cartels and traffickers.”
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Thune cosponsored the Laken Riley Act and, as Majority Leader, personally moved it to the floor and drove it through the Senate; it passed 64-35 on January 20, 2025 and was signed into law January 29, 2025, mandating detention of certain unauthorized migrants charged with crimes. This delivers on the enforcement/crackdown portion of the pledge. Because a broad, permanent border-security overhaul (funding, asylum reform) was not enacted, this is scored CHAMPIONED (he personally led a concrete enforcement measure to enactment) rather than FULL.
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