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S. 2824: Secure the Border Act of 2023

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S. 2824: Secure the Border Act of 2023

118th Congress · introduced 2023-09-14 · Immigration · Latest: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-09-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Secure the Border Act of 2023

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Official text

Secure the Border Act of 2023

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-118s2824.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/118/s>

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] · 32 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), John Kennedy (R-LA), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), John Hoeven (R-ND), Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL), Mike Lee (R-UT), Ted Budd (R-NC), Steve Daines (R-MT), Tim Scott (R-SC), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Todd Young (R-IN), Thom Tillis (R-NC), John Barrasso (R-WY), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Thune (R-SD), John Cornyn (R-TX), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Jerry Moran (R-KS)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] reported raising $12.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong118-s2824 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118