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Fully KeptImmigration and Border Security

Pledged that as senator he will fight to secure the southern border, build the border wall, return to Trump-era immigration policies, and make border security a top priority.

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 72%

Adversarial re-check: every source in the prior rating was independently fetched and each is real, live, and quoted accurately. (1) Senate Roll Call 119-1 Vote 7 (S.5, Laken Riley Act) resolves and shows Justice (R-WV) voting Yea, Jan. 20, 2025, 64-35, bill passed — the enacted mandatory-detention statute. (2) Senate Roll Call 119-1 Vote 372, July 1, 2025, 'On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 1, as Amended)', 50-50 with the Vice President breaking the tie: Justice voted Yea. H.R.1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) carried the largest border-barrier and immigration-enforcement appropriation in U.S. history, and Justice's own Senate press release of the same date states the bill 'Provides historic investments to strengthen America's border security and immigration system' plus '$1 billion for U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) support to border security missions and counterdrug enforcement.' (3) The June 5, 2026 vote for the ~$70 billion CBP/ICE funding measure is corroborated twice — by Justice's own release 'Senator Justice Votes to Pass the Secure America Act' and by WV MetroNews — with Justice quoted: 'If your house doesn't have a secure front door, you don't really have a house... it's a no-brainer for me when it comes to securing our border.' No vote or public action in the opposite direction was found. Symmetry check: this is the standard applied to any legislator — a promise to 'fight for' a policy is fulfilled when the officeholder votes the promised direction on every major vehicle that reaches the floor and those measures are enacted; a Democrat with an identical record on a signature pledge would likewise be rated FULL, not downgraded for lacking a lead sponsorship. CHAMPIONED is not the right label (it applies to leading an effort that did not fully land; here Justice was a supporting vote and the measures did land), and PARTIAL does not fit because all four elements of the pledge — border security, wall funding, Trump-era enforcement policy, and stated priority — were pursued consistently. One correction to the prior rationale: the claim that Justice is an 'original cosponsor of S.271, the Stop Illegal Reentry Act' could NOT be independently verified (congress.gov returned HTTP 403), so that claim is dropped and the rating does not rest on it. Confidence is left at 0.72 rather than raised because the 'top priority' element rests on votes and statements rather than legislation Justice personally led, and because final enactment of the June 2026 Secure America Act was not confirmed beyond Senate passage.

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