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AttemptedImmigration / Border Security

Fully staff U.S. ports of entry through his Securing America's Ports of Entry Act, which would require Customs and Border Protection to hire at least 600 additional officers per year until staffing needs are met.

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AttemptedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 79%

All three cited PRIMARY sources are reachable and support the ATTEMPTED rating. (1) Cornyn's own office confirms he and Sen. Gary Peters introduced the Securing America's Ports of Entry Act (quote verbatim), with the 2025 version requiring CBP to hire no fewer than 1,000 additional officers annually until staffing needs are met. (2) Peters' office confirms the bill "advanced in the Senate" via unanimous approval by the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee (June 19, 2019), directing CBP to hire no less than 600 officers/year — but it had NOT passed the full Senate (quote near-verbatim, confirmed in opening paragraph). (3) Peters' office confirms reintroduction of the bill in 2025 (quote verbatim). The repeated reintroduction across multiple Congresses (2019 -> 2025) is itself evidence that every prior version died without enactment; the sources show at most committee advancement, never Senate passage or enactment. Cornyn is a genuine co-author who led a sustained, multi-Congress effort, but because the bill never became law the ports are not "fully staffed" through it — the promise was not delivered. That is precisely ATTEMPTED (real leadership-level effort that failed within the normal legislative process), not CHAMPIONED (which would imply delivery) and not IGNORED/ABSTAINED (he clearly led). The promise's "at least 600 officers/year" is accurate against source #2 (600) and is exceeded by the 2025 version (1,000). The outcome does not overstate the evidence; if anything it is conservative. Confidence held at ~0.79 because the 2025 version technically remains alive in committee, but the established record is failure-to-enact.

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