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CONGRESS MUST STRENGTHEN “SECURING AMERICA’S FUTURE ACT”
EVANGELICALS FOR BIBLICAL IMMIGRATION (EBI)
CATHOLICS FOR AMERICAN RENEWAL (C-FAR)
March 21, 2018
Chairman Robert Goodlatte, House Judiciary Committee
115th Congress of the United States of America
Honorable Chairman Goodlatte and all Members of Congress:
As faith leaders, we thank you for the Securing America’s Future Act. This “Goodlatte bill” is closest to the promises made to the American people, though we feel it could be stronger still.
Only, action will rebuild trust. After seven (7) U.S. amnesties, and few if any promises kept to the American people, we ask that your bill require the following measures before offering amnesty and/or a path to citizenship to undocumented people in our nation:
Upgrade border patrol and I.C.E. staffing.
While gracious to many undocumented people, your bill must prioritize U.S. citizens of every ethnicity, many of whom are hurting from unemployment, poverty, crime and drug addiction largely due to open borders and resulting social strife.
Alternative bills are insufficient as they tend to:
We are challenging “faith” groups with economic self-interest in porous borders, as some are highly funded to facilitate high levels of migration and refugee resettlement (USASpending.Gov). The enormous funding of the Obama-era “welcome” and refugee industry has broken up many families.
People here illegally are four (4) times more likely to earn federal criminal sentences. 820, 000 illegals are convicted criminals. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, 642,000 crimes were committed against Texans alone, by over 200,000 illegals, over seven years. Secretary Rick Perry stated, “That is the cost of not securing the border.” As the Center for Immigration Studies has documented, an $18 billion wall would quickly pay for itself by reducing crime.
We do not use the term “Sanctuary cities.” Sanctus means “holy,” and as extremists inflame pride, entitlement and lawlessness, they breed crime and human tragedy — the opposite of holiness. Criminal Cities are not places of love, but of political warfare toward their stated goal of a Permanent Progressive Majority. “Undocumented” people are quickly “documented” to vote, and George Soros’s circle admits their “Rent-a-minister” strategy to shamefully feign moral high ground.
Scripture does not teach open borders, but wise welcome. We’re to embrace the “ger,” the one who comes as a convert and blessing, like Ruth and Rahab. We’re to show hospitality to well-meaning invited guests. And we’re to exclude and deport people who do not come as a blessing but as a danger. Nehemiah & Ezra helped their nation rebuild its faith, culture, and nation. That required walls, and the whole counsel of Scripture. Wisdom.
We urge your strong and wise leadership on behalf of America’s future. For, as the President has reminded us, Americans are dreamers too.
Gratefully Yours,
Anthony Allen
President
Hannibal-LaGrange University
Art Ally
President
Timothy Plan
Ted Baehr
Founder & CEO
MovieGuide
Rod D. Martin
Board Member, Florida Baptist Convention
Founder and CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Haley E. Martin
President
The Martin Foundation
Mitchell Morgan
Chief Financial Officer
Martin Imaging
Senator Dennis K. Baxley
Florida Senate
District 12
Floyd Brown
Chairman
Western Center for Journalism
Mark Christian
President
Global Faith Insitute
Tom DeLay
Former Majority Leader
U.S. House of Representatives
Kevin Freeman
Founder
NSIC Institute
Rebecca Hagelin
Secretary
Council for National Policy
Allen Hebert
Chairman
American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston
Donna Hearne
CEO
The Constitutional Coalition
Brad Jurkovich
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Bossier City, LA
Vice Chairman, SBC Committee on Order of Business
Randy Knepper
President of Knepper Enterprises, LLC
Former President of U.S. House of Representatives
Administration Assistants Association
David Kullberg
President, Christians for a Sustainable Economy
(CASE4America.org)
Kelly Kullberg
Evangelicals for Biblical Immigration (.com)
American Association of Evangelicals
Scott Magill
President
Veterans in Defense of Liberty
Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member. Ohio
Richard Powell
Lead Pastor, Fort Caroline Baptist Church
Jacksonville, Florida
Former Member, SBC Nominating Committee
Jerry Melvin
Former Dean
Florida House of Representatives
Eric Metaxas
Host of the nationally syndicated
“Eric Metaxas Show”
Sherri R. Martin
Executive
Vice President
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
Nicholas Stehle
Campaign
For the American Future
Michael O’Fallon
President
Sovereign Nations
Everett Piper
President
Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Jack Pogue
Chairman
W.A. Criswell Foundation
Dran Reese
President
The Salt & Light Council
Donald & Sheila Richardson
Laity
Southern Baptist
Samuel Rohrer
President
American Pastors Network
Bishop Aubrey Shines
G2G Ministries
Tampa, Florida
Troy Newman
President
Operation Rescue
Jerry Sutton
Professor
Liberty University
Carol Swain
Former Professor of Political Science and Law
Vanderbilt University
Author, Debating Immigration: Second Edition, July 2018
Ted Traylor
Senior Pastor, Olive Baptist Church, Pensacola
Former President, Florida Baptist Convention
Elizabeth Yore, Esq.
Yore
Children
John Zmirak
Senior Editor, The Stream
Co-Author, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration
Donald Woodsmall
Attorney at law
(All organizations listed for IDENTIFICATION purposes only)
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