Conservatives are for border security and prioritizing the needs of American citizens. We oppose the Biden Administration’s chaotic and dangerous handling of immigration along our southern border and an unwillingness to enforce our country’s immigration laws or complete the border wall construction. These reckless policies are leading to a rising crisis at the southern border.
Conservatives believe there is nothing humane about promoting illegal immigration that incentivizes human trafficking, child abduction, and drug cartels. Sovereign nations must have secure, controllable borders and enforce the rule of law.
Starting day one of his administration, President Biden has stopped effective border security measures put in place by the Trump Administration, amplified signals of an open border, halted construction of the border wall, and ceased enforcing immigration laws. He announced that he would no longer enroll illegal aliens coming to the border in the “Remain in Mexico” program, which had effectively stopped the caravans of illegal migrants coming from Central America.
The Biden Administration has also terminated the effective asylum agreements the Trump Administration made with the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras that held the Northern Triangle countries accountable. Biden seeks to replace them with $4 billion of foreign aid over four years, without any effective conditions attached, providing these countries with significant benefits of foreign aid, the U.S. accepting and employing their nationals, and the billions of dollars in remittances that their nationals send home from working in the U.S. That is a terrific deal for Central American countries, but no deal for America.
Conservatives strongly oppose the policies that the left has put in place that incentivize unaccompanied alien children (UACs) to make the dangerous journey to our southern border, including quick release into America, taxpayer-provided representation, expedited juvenile visas, and more. We are now seeing another surge of UACs at the border including 5,700 in January and approximately 9,000 in February.
The Biden Administration’s border and immigration policies have quickly and visibly attracted tens of thousands of illegal aliens to the border and they are being released into American communities. The Border Patrol is overwhelmed and is facing border crisis numbers, including 4,700 apprehensions a day. Obama DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said during the border surge of 2019 that “a thousand [apprehensions] overwhelms the system. I cannot begin to imagine what 4,000 a day looks like, so we are truly in a crisis.”
Today, Biden’s DHS is scrambling to re-open tent facilities and to locate planes to fly aliens to communities farther into the U.S. interior. A supplemental request for tens of billions of dollars will soon be sent to Congress to pay for these dangerous and reckless policies. Conservatives oppose this fiscal negligence.
As President Biden and Democrat Governors keep public schools closed to America’s children and economic activity for American workers locked down, the Administration has opened the border to illegal migrants, including those testing positive for COVID. After suffering for a year, Americans deserve to have their lives and livelihoods prioritized, and not forced to pay the hospital bill for COVID infected illegal immigrants.
As a sovereign nation, America has a right to a lawful and orderly immigration system. The Biden Administration has instead quickly brought illegal immigration and chaos to our border. Americans should be the priority and Americans deserve better.
| The Honorable Edwin Meese III Attorney General President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988) | Alfred S. Regnery Chairman, Conservative Action Project President, Republic Book Publishers |
| The Honorable Jim DeMint Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013) | The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell Chairman Constitutional Congress, Inc. |
| Ed Corrigan Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute | Myron Ebell Director, Center for Energy and Environment Competitive Enterprise Institute |
| The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr. Chief Domestic Advisor President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988) | The Honorable Bob McEwen U.S. House of Representatives Former Member, Ohio |
| Wesley Denton Chief Operating Officer Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) | The Honorable Tony Perkins President Family Research Council |
| L. Brent Bozell, III Founder and President Media Research Center | The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell President The Leadership Institute |
| Jenny Beth Martin Chairman Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund | Rachel Bovard Senior Director of Policy Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI) |
| Mary Vought Executive Director Senate Conservatives Fund | Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq. Chairman, CNP Action, Inc. President and CEO, First Liberty Institute |
| William L. Walton President Council for National Policy | Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.) Executive Vice President Family Research Council |
| The Honorable Russ Vought Director Office of Management and Budget (2020-2021) | The Honorable Matt Schlapp Chairman American Conservative Union |
| Dr. Jerry A. Johnson President (2013-2019) National Religious Broadcasters | David N. Bossie President Citizens United |
| The Honorable Jake Hoffman State Representative Arizona House of Representatives | Lady Brigitte Gabriel Founder & Chairman ACT For America |
| The Honorable Ken Cuccinelli Former Asst. Deputy Secretary Department of Homeland Security | Elaine Donnelly President Center for Military Readiness |
| Joseph B. Gregory CEO Gregory Management Co. | Heather R. Higgins CEO Independent Women’s Voice |
| Carrie Lukas President Independent Women’s Forum | Mike Davis Founder and President Article III Project (A3P) |
| The Honorable James C. Miller III Budget Director for President Reagan, 1985-1988 | Craig Shirley Presidential Historian Reagan Biographer |
| Joel Anand Samy Co-Host, America’s Roundtable Radio Co-Founder, International Leaders Summit | Rod D. Martin Founder and CEO The Martin Organization, Inc. |
| Sherri R. Martin Executive Vice President The Martin Organization, Inc. | Christina Murphy Lusk President The Martin Foundation |
| Lourdes Cosio Campaign for the American Future | Guillermo J. Aragon Chief Financial Officer Martin Imaging, Inc. |
| Shawn A. Mitchell Former National Chaplain National Federation of Republican Assemblies | Haley E. Martin Past President The Martin Foundation |
| The Honorable Stephen Stockman U.S. House of Representatives Former Member, Texas | Richard Norman Founder and President The Richard Norman Company |
| Chad Connelly President Faith Wins | Richard D. Hayes Partner Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP |
| Judson Phillips Founder Tea Party Nation | Seton Motley President Less Government |
| Joseph A. Morris Partner, Morris & De La Rosa Assistant U.S. Attorney General (Reagan / Meese) | Steve Berger President ASI |
| Rob Chambers Vice President AFA Action | Rebecca Hagelin CEO United in Purpose |
| Allen Roth President Secure America Now | Karen England Executive Director Capitol Resource Institute |
| Kay R. Daly President Coalition for a Fair Judiciary | Don Woodsmall Principal Arromid, LLC |
| Gary Marx President Madison Strategies LLC | The Honorable Peter J. Thomas Chairman The Conservative Caucus |
| Kevin Freeman Founder NSIC Institute | Debbie Georgatos Host, America, Can We Talk? CWT Publications, LLC |
| Richard Wright Owner R & S LLC | James L. Martin Founder/Chairman 60 Plus Association |
| Robert K. Fischer Meeting Coordinator Conservatives of Faith | Saulius “Saul” Anuzis President 60 Plus Association |
| Andresen Blom President Hawaiian Values | Amapola Hansberger Founder and President Legal Immigrants for America |
| C. Preston Noell III President Tradition, Family, Property, Inc. | Eric Georgatos Executive Producer America Can We Talk? americacanwetalk.org |
| Augusta Petrone Board Member Center for Security Policy | Joan Holt Lindsey President Lindsey Communications |
| Lori Roman President ACRU Action | Richard Manning President Americans for Limited Government |
| Jack Park Conservative Activist and Donor Law Offices of Jack Park | Willes K. Lee President National Federation of Republican Assemblies |
| Mat Staver Chairman Liberty Counsel Action | Dr. Richard Rounsavelle Trustee MRC |
| Charles J. Cooper Assistant Attorney General, President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988) Cooper & Kirk, PLLC | Khadine Ritter Chairman Eagle Forum of Ohio |
| The Honorable Leo Biasiucci House Representative Arizona House of Representatives | Darrell A. Henry Executive Director Western Caucus Foundation |
| The Honorable Gary L. Bauer President American Values | Eunie Smith President Emeritus Eagle Forum |
| Ralph A. Rebandt, II Lead Pastor Oakland Hills Community Church | Paavo Ensio Chairman Universal Minerals Group |
| Michelle Easton President Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women | Peggy Dau Representative IranAliveMinistries |
| Anne Schlafly Cori Chairman Eagle Forum | Floyd Brown President Western Center for Journalism |
| E W Jackson President STAND Foundation, Inc. | Penna Dexter Co-host Point of View Radio |
| Kathleen Patten President and CEO American Target Advertising | Ron Pearson Executive Director Conservative Victory Fund |
| Tom DeWeese President American Policy Center | Kielle C. Horton President The Lindsey Foundation |
| Gerard Kassar State Chairman NYS Conservative Party | William W. Pascoe, III Board Member Tea Party Patriots Action |
| Lee Beaman CEO Beaman Ventures | Terrence Scanlon Retired President and Chairman Capital Research Center |
| Joseph Chaplik President Joseph Bernard, LLC | Jacqueline Parker Arizona State Representative State of Arizona |
| The Honorable Diana Denman President/ Chairman The Reagan Legacy Forum | Melvin Adams President Noah Webster Educational Foundation |
| Wade Kirby Director of Development GSWA | Dr. Allen Unruh Founder National Abstinence Clearinghouse |
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