December 4, 2018
Washington, DC

 

As the southern border continues to be overwhelmed by migrants seeking illegal entry into the United States, we urge Congress to finally address this issue in their end of year funding measure.

In their legislation, Congress must address three critical areas.

 

Provide a minimum of $5 billion for President Trump’s border wall. Unlike the $1.6 billion that Congress passed in March, these funds must allow the president to actually engage in new construction and planning. To be clear, funds that merely allow for repairs, planning or pedestrian fencing—and do not allow for new construction of President Trump’s wall prototypes—do not constitute funding a border wall.

 

Provide more funds for the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. The U.S. border patrol is facing continued and growing illegal crossings, with over 50,000 apprehensions this fiscal year alone. As current events have demonstrated, adequate funding for both manpower and resources are critical to the safety and security at the border, but also to our national sovereignty. Our legal immigration system, the rule of law, and the nature of U.S. citizenship is at risk if we do not control the flow of illegal immigration by securing the border.

 

Provide funds for more judges at the border. Under President Obama, the legal threshold for claiming asylum was lowered to one of “credible fear.” As a result, asylum cases have shot upward, many times taking years to process. In the meantime, illegal entrants claiming asylum are released into the interior of the country, where they await legal proceedings for which they may or may not show up. More judges at the border will allow for faster processing times, allowing genuine asylum claims to be identified and prioritized and inadequate asylum claims to be efficiently handled.

 

President Trump is using all of his authorities to address this crisis at the border. But only Congress can fund and execute on critical policies like a border wall, resourcing for Customs and Border Patrol, and an increased number of judges. We urge them to act on these three issues before they adjourn for the year.

 

 

The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan
(1985 – 1988)

The Honorable Kenneth J. Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.

Rod D. Martin
Founder & CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc.

Haley E. Martin
President
The Martin Foundation

Nicholas Stehle
Campaign for the American Future 

C. Preston Noell III 
President 
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.  

Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman,
Conservative Action Project
Executive Director
Senate Steering Committee (2003-2012)

Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council 

William L. Walton
Chairman
CNP Action, Inc.

Rebecca Hagelin
Secretary
Council for National Policy

Lee A. Beaman
CEO
Beaman Automotive Group

Floyd Brown
Chairman
America Fighting Back PAC  

James L. Martin
Founder / Chairman
60 Plus Association 

David Bozell 
President  
ForAmerica   

L. Brent Bozell, III
Founder and President 
Media Research Center  

Sal Russo 
Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
Tea Party Express 

The Honorable Bob McEwen
Member, Ohio
U.S. House of Representatives (1981-1993) 

Willes K. Lee
President
National Federation of Republican Assemblies

The Honorable Gary L. Bauer   
President 
American Values   

Jim Backlin  
Vice President of Legislative Affairs 
Christian Coalition of America 

Christopher Malagisi 
Host 
Conservative Book Club Podcast  

Allen Hebert 
Chairman 
American – Chinese
Fellowship of Houston 

The Honorable Michael R. Long 
State Chairman
NYS Conservative Party 

The Honorable Tony Perkins  
President 
Family Research Council
President, Council for National Policy  

Dr. Richard Rounsavelle 
Trustee 
Media Research Center 

Barry James Meguiar 
President
Revival Outside the Walls
Ignite America   

Rachel Bovard
Policy Director (2014-2015) 
Senate Steering Committee

Wesley Denton 
Communications Director 
Senator Jim DeMint (SC)
(2005-2013)  

The Honorable Donald P. Hodel 
Former Secretary of Energy 
Former Secretary of Interior
President Ronald Reagan  

Judson Phillips
Founder 
Tea Party Nation 

Roxanne Phillips
Executive Committee
Council for National Policy

Tim Macy 
Chairman  
Gun Owners of America  

Dr. William Ames Curtright 
Founder 
Ames Gathering of the Eagles 

Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund  

Jeff Hunt
Director 
Centennial Institute  

Rebekah Gantner
Executive Director 
Eagle Forum Education &
Legal Defense Fund  

Seton Motley 
President
Less Government

Eric Georgatos 
Executive Producer 
America, Can We Talk? 

Matt Schlapp 
Chairman 
American Conservative Union (ACU) 

The Honorable Jake Hoffman
President & CEO
Rally Forge   

Richard H. Wright 
CEO  
AAndrews Consulting 

Kayla Moore 
President
Foundation for Moral Law 

Kevin Freeman
Founder
NSIC Institute 

Melvin Adams
President 
Americans for Limited Government 

Steve Berger
Pastor
Grace Chapel 

Amapola Hansberger 
President 
Legal Immigrants for America

Paul Liberman
Executive Director 
Alliance for Israel Advocacy   

William W. Pascoe, III  
Board Member  
Tea Party Patriots Action  

Tim LeFever 
Chairman   
Capitol Resource Institute 

Lewis K. Uhler
President 
National Tax Limitation Committee  

Jenna Ellis  
Director of Public Policy
James Dobson Family Institute  

Jack Park
Conservative Activist and Donor

Rob Chambers 
Vice President 
AFA Action 

William Shaker 
CEO 
Washington Marketing Group 

Benjamin Bull  
Attorney
benjaminbull.org 

Dan Weber  
Founder and President 
Association of Mature American Citizens   

Chad Connelly 
President
Faith Wins

 

The Honorable Jim DeMint 
Member, South Carolina 
United States Senate
 (2005-2013)  

The Honorable Colin A. Hanna
President
Let Freedom Ring, Inc.  

Sherri R. Martin
Executive Vice President
The Martin Organization, Inc.

Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain
National Federation of Republican Assemblies

Lynn Dorsey
Oakland Proper  

Jerry Melvin   
Former Dean
 Florida House of Representatives  

Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman,
Conservative Action Project
Chairman,
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund 

Diana Banister 
President and Partner 
Shirley & Banister Public Affairs 

The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988) 

The Honorable Mike Spence
Founding President
Conservative Republicans of California 

Jeremy Cerone
CEO  
EliteSafe Inc.   

Bob Thompson 
Former Administrator 
The Weyrich Lunch 

The Honorable Belden Bell
Co-Chair Legacy Society
The Heritage Foundation 

Saulius “Saul” Anuzis 
President
60 Plus Association 

Sandy Rios
Director of Governmental Affairs 
American Family Association 

Charlie Copeland 
President 
Intercollegiate Studies Institute 

Peter J. Thomas 
Chairman 
The Conservative Caucus 

Caroline C. Lewis
Owner 
Percipio Communications 

The Honorable Mike Hill 
Representative  
Florida State House  

Richard Scurry 
Co-Founder Bible Literacy Project 
Wicker Garden’s Children, Inc.  

Bob Carlstrom
President
The Carlstrom Group, LLC 

Reverend Gregory Quinlan 
President  
The Center for
Garden State Families 

Ron Robinson
President
Young America’s Foundation 

Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse
Founder, The Crouse Institute:  
Strengthening Marriage,
Faith and Culture  

Thomas Fitton 
President 
Judicial Watch, Inc.  

Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a
Fair Judiciary

Robert K. Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith 

The Honorable Charles J. Cooper 
Former Assistant Attorney General   
President Ronald Reagan
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC  

The Honorable Terrence M. Scanlon 
Retired Chairman and President 
U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission  

Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D. 
Founder and CEO 
ObamaNation.com 

Ed Martin
President
Phyllis Schlafly Eagles

Tim Chapman
Executive Director 
Heritage Action for America 

Donna Hearne
CEO
The Constitutional Coalition

Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness 

The Honorable Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II
President 
Senate Conservatives Fund 

The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop   
White House Advisor  
President Ronald Reagan
(1981-1985) 

Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP  

David N. Bossie
President 
Citizens United 

Ron Pearson
Executive Director 
Conservative Victory Fund 

Joan Lindsey
President
Lindsey Communications   

Richard D. Hayes 
Partner 
Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP   

Amy Kremer
Chair
Women for Trump 

The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr. 
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com 

Alexander Meluskey 
Chairman 
Contract with Americas Veterans 

Matthew Tyrmand
Principal
Matthew Tyrmand LLC  

E.C. Sykes 
General Partner 
Aslan Ventures 

Susan A. Carleson 
Chairman / CEO 
American Civil Rights Union  

Donald Woodsmall
President 
Perfect Man Truth  

Paavo Ensio 
Chairman 
Universal Minerals Group    

Randy M. Long
CEO  
Long Business Advisors, LLC  

William Mills  
President
MPW Properties  

Kielle Horton
Vice President LFF

Kelly Kullberg 
Spokesperson
Evangelicals for Biblical Immigration (EBI) 

Kent Glesener 
President
Paradigm Construction & Engineering Inc. 

Mario Navarro da Costa  
Director, Washington Bureau
Tradition, Family, Property  

Wade Kirby 
Director of Development 
Great Swamp Watershed Association   

Colonel Francis X. De Luca USMC (Ret)  
President Emeritus
Civitas Institute

 

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