- Andy Ogles has consistently supported hardline border security measures, including completing the U.S.-Mexico border wall and calling for the border to be "closed down." (Tennessean, Tennessee Lookout, Daily Herald)
- He has repeatedly pledged to vote for legislation that would complete the border wall, making this a central campaign promise during his 2022 congressional race. (Daily News Journal, Tennessean)
- Ogles has actively visited the southern border, participated in a congressional delegation with House Speaker Mike Johnson in 2024, and shared videos on social media highlighting his concerns about border security and undocumented migration. (Jackson Sun, Tennessean)
- He has called for unprecedented mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, framing them as an economic burden and tying border security issues to the fentanyl crisis. (Knoxville News-Sentinel, Ledger Nashville Edition)
- Ogles has amplified unsubstantiated claims that Central and South American governments are releasing criminals into the U.S. and has introduced legislation seeking expedited removal of migrants, including asylum seekers. (Jackson Sun, Nashville Post)
- Ogles' aggressive stances and rhetoric may be viewed as vulnerable to criticism for promoting far-right, anti-immigrant positions and echoing controversial, unsupported claims. (Daily Herald, Leaf-Chronicle)
August 2022: Andy Ogles Supported Closing Down The Border According to Tennessee Lookout, "Ogles pivoted to talk about far-right anti-immigration sentiments, such as closing down the border." [Tennessee Lookout, 8/5/22]
September 2017: Ogles Stressed The Need For Drastic Steps To Secure U.S. Borders According to Daily Herald, "Ogles also stressed the need for more drastic steps to be taken to secure the nation’s borders, voicing his support of the wall promised by Trump." [Daily Herald, 9/27/17]
June 2022: Ogles Said He Would Prioritize Securing The Border And Finishing The Trump Border Wall According to Tennessean, "Ogles said he would prioritize securing the border and finishing the border wall proposed by Trump, arguing that 'more people will come into this country illegally this year than the size of 21 states.'" [Tennessean, 6/29/22]
2022: Ogles Pledged To Vote For Legislation Completing Southern Border Wall According to The Daily News Journal, "Each candidate has pledged to vote for legislation completing a wall on US southern border with Mexico." [Daily News Journal, 7/31/22]
2022: Ogles Pledged To Vote For Border Wall Legislation According to Columbia Daily Herald, "Each candidate has pledged to vote for legislation completing a wall on US southern border with Mexico." [Columbia Daily Herald, 7/31/22]
Ogles Advocated For Finishing The Border Wall During Primary Campaign According to Daily Herald, "During the primary, Ogles focused on issues like finishing a border wall and his conservative views toward the government, like eliminating the federal education department." [Daily Herald, 10/23/22]
2024: Andy Ogles Publicly Described Border Visit Experience According to The Leaf-Chronicle, "Ogles shared about his experience in a video posted to social media, describing a gap in the border barrier that he was told was opened to allow deer to cross through. Walking along the barrier, Ogles described seeing debris left behind by migrants who crossed into the United States, including empty water jugs and soda bottles, a diaper, and a shred of an emergency blanket." [Leaf-Chronicle, 1/7/24]
January 2024: Andy Ogles Shared Border Visit Experience On Social Media According to Knoxville News-Sentinel, "Ogles shared about his experience in a video posted to social media, describing a gap in the border barrier that he was told was opened to allow deer to cross through. Walking along the barrier, Ogles described seeing debris left behind by migrants who crossed into the United States, including empty water jugs and soda bottles, a diaper, and a shred of an emergency blanket." [Knoxville News-Sentinel, 1/7/24]
January 2024: Ogles Joined House Speaker Johnson On Delegation To Mexican Border According to Daily News Journal, "Ogles is one of 60 Congressional Republicans on a delegation trip to Eagle Pass, Texas, to tour the U.S. border with Mexico alongside U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson." [Daily News Journal, 1/7/24]
January 2024: Ogles Reported Observations From Southern Border Visit According to Daily News Journal, "Ogles shared about his experience in a video posted to social media, describing a gap in the border barrier that he was told was opened to allow deer to cross through. Walking along the barrier, Ogles described seeing debris left behind by migrants who crossed into the United States, including empty water jugs and soda bottles, a diaper, and a shred of an emergency blanket." [Daily News Journal, 1/7/24]
2024: Ogles Participated In Congressional Delegation Trip To Mexican Border According to The Tennessean, "Ogles is one of 60 Congressional Republicans on a delegation trip to Eagle Pass, Texas, to tour the U.S. border with Mexico alongside U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson." [Tennessean, 1/7/24]
2024: Ogles Shared Border Visit Experience On Social Media According to The Tennessean, "Ogles shared his experience in a video on social media, describing a gap in the border barrier that he was told was opened to allow deer to cross through. Walking along the barrier, Ogles described seeing debris left behind by migrants who crossed into the United States, including empty water jugs and soda bottles, a diaper and a shred of an emergency blanket." [Tennessean, 1/7/24]
January 2024: Andy Ogles Visited U.S.-Mexico Border With U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson According to The Jackson Sun, "Ogles is one of 60 Congressional Republicans on a delegation trip to Eagle Pass, Texas, to tour the U.S. border with Mexico alongside U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson." [Jackson Sun, 1/8/24]
January 2024: Andy Ogles Shared Observations Of Border Conditions On Social Media According to The Jackson Sun, "Ogles shared about his experience in a video posted to social media, describing a gap in the border barrier that he was told was opened to allow deer to cross through. Walking along the barrier, Ogles described seeing debris left behind by migrants who crossed into the United States, including empty water jugs and soda bottles, a diaper, and a shred of an emergency blanket." [Jackson Sun, 1/8/24]
2024: Andy Ogles Joined Congressional Delegation To Tour U.S.-Mexico Border According to The Commercial Appeal, "Ogles is one of 60 Congressional Republicans on a delegation trip to Eagle Pass, Texas, to tour the U.S. border with Mexico alongside U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson." [The Commercial Appeal, 1/8/24]
2024: Andy Ogles Shared Border Trip Experience On Social Media According to The Commercial Appeal, "Ogles shared his experience in a video on social media, describing a gap in the border barrier that he was told was opened to allow deer to cross through. Walking along the barrier, Ogles described seeing debris left behind by migrants who crossed into the United States, including empty water jugs and soda bottles, a diaper and a shred of an emergency blanket." [The Commercial Appeal, 1/8/24]
2022: Andy Ogles Pledged To Vote For Legislation To Complete A Wall On US Southern Border According to Tennessean, "Each candidate has pledged to vote for legislation completing a wall on US southern border with Mexico." [Tennessean, 7/30/22]
2022: Andy Ogles Pledged To Vote For Legislation Completing The US Southern Border Wall According to The Daily Herald (Columbia, Tennessee), "Each candidate has pledged to vote for legislation completing a wall on US southern border with Mexico." [Daily Herald (Columbia, Tennessee), 7/31/22]
2024: Andy Ogles Participated In Congressional Delegation To U.S.-Mexico Border With House Speaker According to The Leaf-Chronicle, "Ogles is one of 60 Congressional Republicans on a delegation trip to Eagle Pass, Texas, to tour the U.S. border with Mexico alongside U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson." [Leaf-Chronicle, 1/7/24]
Ogles Defended Impeachment Resolutions With Claims On Border Security And Fentanyl Deaths According to The Ledger: Nashville Edition, "'Joe and his border czar, Kamala Harris, have allowed an invasion at our southern border, jeopardizing the lives of hundreds of thousands and killing hundreds of thousands with fentanyl,' he said in remarks defending the resolutions." [Ledger: Nashville Edition, 4/26/24]
2023-2024: Andy Ogles Criticized Biden Administration's Border Policies And Social Stances According to Columbia Daily Herald, "During his first term in Congress, Ogles has been a vocal critic on television and talk radio of the Biden administration's border policies and stances on social issues." [Columbia Daily Herald (Tennessee), 7/1/24]
Ogles Criticized Undocumented Immigrants For Alleged Economic Burden In 2024 According to Columbia Daily Herald, "'We have too many people here that are living on your tax dime, living on your money instead of contributing to society,' he said. 'It's our country. We get to decide who comes in, and we get to decide who has to leave.'" [Columbia Daily Herald, 7/14/24]
July 2024: Andy Ogles Criticized Presence Of Undocumented Immigrants In U.S. According to Tennessean, "We have too many people here that are living on your tax dime, living on your money instead of contributing to society," he said. "It's our country. We get to decide who comes in, and we get to decide who has to leave." [Tennessean, 7/14/24]
July 2024: Ogles Alleged Central And South American Governments Sent Criminals To U.S. According to The Jackson Sun, "Ogles alleged that South and Central American countries are 'systematically' releasing criminals from prisons and jails and 'sending them into our country,' echoing a talking point of former President Donald Trump, who has made similar allegations." [Jackson Sun, 7/15/24]
July 2024: Andy Ogles Alleged Central And South American Countries Released Criminals Into The U.S. According to the Leaf-Chronicle, 'Ogles alleged that South and Central American countries are "systematically" releasing criminals from prisons and jails and "sending them into our country," echoing a talking point of former President Donald Trump, who has made similar allegations.' [Leaf-Chronicle, 7/15/24]
July 2024: Ogles Alleged South And Central American Countries Released Criminals Into U.S. According to The Daily News Journal, "Ogles alleged that South and Central American countries are 'systematically' releasing criminals from prisons and jails and 'sending them into our country,' echoing a talking point of former President Donald Trump, who has made similar allegations." [Daily News Journal, 7/16/24]
July 2024: Andy Ogles Alleged That South and Central American Countries Released Criminals Into The U.S. According to Oak Ridger, "Ogles alleged that South and Central American countries are 'systematically' releasing criminals from prisons and jails and 'sending them into our country,' echoing a talking point of former President Donald Trump, who has made similar allegations. 'That's got to stop. We've got to punish those who come here and think they can commit those crimes,' he added." [Oak Ridger, 7/16/24]
2023: Ogles Signaled Far-Right Politics Opposing Immigration And LGBTQ Rights According to The Daily Herald, "On the campaign trail and since his November election, Ogles has long signaled his far-right politics as a staunch opponent to immigration, LGBTQ rights and public health protocols." [Daily Herald (Columbia, Tennessee), 1/5/23]
February 2024: Ogles Called DHS Letter 'Shady Shipment of Illegal Aliens' and Introduced SEND THEM BACK Act According to Nashville Post, 'Tennessee's Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles called the letter and the traveling of migrants in the U.S. "DHS's shady shipment of illegal aliens in our community." Ogles has also introduced "Sending Evading Non-Documented Threats Home Especially Migrants Biden Accepted Carelessly and Knowingly Act" or the "SEND THEM BACK Act." The proposed federal legislation would mean that anyone who has entered the U.S. illegally since Jan. 20, 2021, would be "subject to expedited removal" even if that person "indicated an intention to apply for asylum or a fear of persecution."' [Nashville Post (Tennessee), 2/20/24]
Andy Ogles Supported Mass Deportation Measures In July 2024 According to Knoxville News-Sentinel, "Ogles also expressed support for 'a mass deportation like never been seen before in the history of our country.' 'We have too many people here that are living on your tax dime, living on your money instead of contributing to society,' he said. 'It's our country. We get to decide who comes in, and we get to decide who has to leave.'" [Knoxville News-Sentinel, 7/14/24]
Ogles Supported Mass Deportation Of Unlawful Migrants In 2024 According to Columbia Daily Herald, "Ogles also expressed support for 'a mass deportation like never been seen before in the history of our country.'" [Columbia Daily Herald, 7/14/24]
July 2024: Andy Ogles Expressed Support For Large-Scale Deportations According to Tennessean, Ogles also expressed support for "a mass deportation like never been seen before in the history of our country." [Tennessean, 7/14/24]
July 2024: Ogles Supported Large-Scale Deportations According to The Jackson Sun, "Ogles also expressed support for 'a mass deportation like never been seen before in the history of our country.'" [Jackson Sun, 7/15/24]
July 2024: Andy Ogles Expressed Support For Mass Deportation According to the Leaf-Chronicle, 'Ogles also expressed support for "a mass deportation like never been seen before in the history of our country." "We have too many people here that are living on your tax dime, living on your money instead of contributing to society," he said. "It's our country. We get to decide who comes in, and we get to decide who has to leave."' [Leaf-Chronicle, 7/15/24]
July 2024: Ogles Called For Mass Deportations According to The Daily News Journal, "Ogles also expressed support for 'a mass deportation like never been seen before in the history of our country.' 'We have too many people here that are living on your tax dime, living on your money instead of contributing to society,' he said. 'It's our country. We get to decide who comes in, and we get to decide who has to leave.'" [Daily News Journal, 7/16/24]
July 2024: Andy Ogles Expressed Support For Large-Scale Deportations According to Oak Ridger, "Ogles also expressed support for 'a mass deportation like never been seen before in the history of our country.' 'We have too many people here that are living on your tax dime, living on your money instead of contributing to society,' he said. 'It's our country. We get to decide who comes in, and we get to decide who has to leave.'" [Oak Ridger, 7/16/24]