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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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Rod is one of our nation’s leading minds. He’s smart, original, and very committed—a combination that one rarely finds.
Rod Martin is a Reaganite-Thatcherite conservative…[and] a man who has spent much of his life ministering to and working for the benefit of others. I know Rod as an advocate for freedom, a leader who understands the real changes we need in Washington, and who has the drive and ability to make those changes happen.
Rod Martin is the kind of dynamic leader who has the knowledge, ability and experience to lead us successfully into the 21st Century. His vision for America is compelling.
Rod Martin literally wrote the book on excellence. Humble yet brilliant, a man of love and compassion, with penetrating clarity he illuminates the world around us, and we are both stirred and enlightened.
Rod Martin is a born leader and an outstanding political mind. Anyone who takes him on is going to have a serious fight on their hands.
Rod Martin is a man of uncommon vision and character. Ever since I first worked alongside Rod in the early days of PayPal, I’ve been struck by his powerful vision for the future. Rod understands the intersection of technology, politics and culture in a way that few others do.
Rod Martin wears with uncommon grace an uncanny ability to link his vigorous faith to the practical challenges of both the business world and the political arena. Yet the respect he shows for others carries a warmth and modesty that are both too rare among those who are strong advocates of feisty positions.
America badly needs more leaders who really get the future. We need more Rod Martins.
Rod Martin is a modern day philosopher-statesman. He is a capitalist intellectual, a conservative iconoclast, a gentle adversary and a kind prophet. He inspires us towards a fresh national vision built upon the original founding principles.
Rod Martin is not only effective and efficient, but he is also perceptive, wise and gracious. He gets things done. He is a great friend and a great ally.
Rod is one of the sharpest, most gracious men I know, and one of the most gifted political thinkers today. His ability to analyze issues and communicate thoughtful insights on them have earned him the respect of people across the political spectrum.
I am proud to have been Rod Martin’s friend for a quarter century, and I can tell you that he is one of the finest men and most outstanding leaders in our church and in our country today. He has a knack for turning everything he touches to success.
Rod Martin is a cornucopian entrepreneur and eutropic thinker whose influence radiates through an array of companies, institutions, movements and churches. A renaissance American, he is also a prolific friend of freedom and faith around the globe.
If Rod Martin represents the next generation of leaders, America has nothing to worry about.
A leader and a servant, in public life and in private, Rod Martin strides at the top of his profession, and has nowhere to go but up. He is in the truest sense of the word ‘outstanding’.
Rod Martin is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished thought leaders today. He is a wonderful mentor, a humble role model, and a deep inspiration for the next generation of scientific innovators and entrepreneurs.
Rod’s achievements pale beside his character and his brilliance. He sees what others can’t. He leads when others won’t.
Rod Martin is one of America’s finest young minds.
The future of technology is the future of America. Rod Martin sees that future clearly, and also sees how to shape it for the betterment of all. He is firmly rooted in the traditions of faith and patriotism that have made America great. That’s why he has made, and will make, so many outstanding contributions in so many areas.
