The United States border is totally secured.
Posted by Speaker Mike Johnson, Checked
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonOct 27, 2026House Republicans have DELIVERED on our promises for REAL, POSITIVE results including: ✅ The largest middle & working-class tax cut in history ✅ $1.6 trillion REDUCTION in wasteful government spending ✅ A totally secured border! ✅ Erased job killing Biden-era regulations ✅ Lowest violent crime rate in 126 years ✅ Prescription drug costs see biggest drop in 60 years ✅ Trump Accounts to jumpstart young Americans' financial futures ✅ First-ever nationwide school choice program ✅ 1 …
The claim 'The United States border is totally secured' was extracted from a passage ('A totally secured border!') that is the speaker's own exclamation; the sources show record-low crossings and apprehensions and DHS/CBP claims of the 'most secure border in American history,' but none establishes total security, and GAO notes ongoing problems with the quality of border security metrics, while.
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What we found
Contradicts. GAO reports ongoing needed actions to improve the quality of DHS border security metrics reporting, undercutting the reliability of official claims of total security.[2]
Supports. DHS and CBP report zero releases at the border for 16 consecutive months and apprehensions at levels not seen in over three decades, with DHS Secretary Mullin calling it the most secure border in American history.[3]
Supports. CBP's December 2025 figures show Southwest border apprehensions down 86% from the prior December and 97% from FY2024, supporting a sharp reduction in crossings.[4]
Context. Third Way states roughly 38% of the U.S.-Mexico border is fenced, meaning most of the border lacks physical barriers, though it argues the border is more secure than at any point in history.[6]
Context. Reuters reports ICE arrests and detention figures changed during 2026 and that the administration dialed back some enforcement, a development relevant to the state of enforcement as of late 2026.[1]
Context. The claim's wording is a partisan exclamation; the sources document strong reductions in crossings rather than any measure establishing complete or total security.[3][5][7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 4 primary, 2 not rated
- 1What do the numbers show about Trump's immigration ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Actions Needed to Improve Quality of Border Security ...gao.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 3Trump Administration Delivers 16 Straight Months of Zero Releases at the Borderdhs.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 4Dec-FY26 Border Briefhomeland.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5The Hill: Republicans kept their promise: America’s border is ...boebert.house.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 6The State of the Southern Border | Third Waythirdway.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Trump Admin Reaches New Border Security Milestoneamac.us · not rated · cited for: context
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