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ChampionedImmigration & Border Security

Secure the southern border by supporting border-security and immigration-enforcement legislation, reinstating Trump-era policies (border-wall construction and 'Remain in Mexico'), and cracking down on sanctuary policies and cartels such as Tren de Aragua.

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ChampionedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 80%

Independently verified all three primary sources — Evans's own House press release confirms he introduced the Dignity Act of 2025 with Rep. Salazar on July 15, 2025, mandating operational border control (barriers, surveillance, drones, radar), nationwide E-Verify, and cracking down on traffickers/smugglers/repeat crossers; the House Homeland Security Committee release confirms Evans as an original cosponsor of the Tren de Aragua Border Security Threat Assessment Act (June 24, 2025) — a direct match to the promise's explicit naming of Tren de Aragua; and his office confirms his Jan 7, 2025 Yea vote on the Laken Riley Act. Introducing lead legislation (not just voting) plus cosponsoring the Tren de Aragua bill goes beyond a supporting-vote pattern, warranting CHAMPIONED rather than ATTEMPTED. Confidence trimmed from 0.85 to 0.80 because the Dignity Act pairs enforcement with a legalization pathway ($7k restitution, legal status for pre-2020 arrivals), which is not a clean 'reinstate Trump-era policies' fulfillment of that specific sub-clause; however the promise's dominant thrust (border-security legislation, enforcement, Tren de Aragua crackdown) is clearly being led. Same-party neutrality check: a Democratic member introducing bipartisan border-enforcement legislation, cosponsoring a named-cartel threat-assessment bill, and voting for a marquee enforcement bill would also earn CHAMPIONED under the same standard.

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