Coalition Letter Urging Senate Republicans to pass Budget Reconciliation to Fund ICE
Letter - Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time to Fund Immigration Enforcement
Dear Senate Republicans:
Republicans won the House, the Senate, and the White House in 2024 largely based on their promises of a secure border and mass deportations, not only of the millions of illegal aliens the Biden Administration let into America, but also the millions who were already here.
Despite winning the election on this issue, Congress has failed to perform its key constitutional function: funding the enforcement of our duly enacted immigration laws at the border and within the United States. Now is the time to rectify that failure.
The budget reconciliation bill before you is focused exclusively on funding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol operations—the two components that were not funded in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill. The American people expect you to pass the reconciliation bill this week without amendments.
The men and women of ICE and the Border Patrol put their lives on the line every day to enforce the immigration laws you have enacted. They deserve to know that they will continue to be paid for their work.
The American people voted for immigration enforcement and the restoration of our national sovereignty. We deserve to know that our Senators stand with us and will keep the campaign promises you made to secure the border and enforce the law.
It is time to fund immigration enforcement. Pass the reconciliation bill.
Chris Chmielenski
President & Cofounder, Immigration Accountability Project
Rosemary Jenks
Cofounder, Immigration Accountability Project
Mike Howell
President, Oversight Project
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman, Tea Party Patriots Action
Dale Wilcox
Executive Director & General Counsel, Federation for American Immigration Reform
Jeffrey Bossert Clark
Sr., Vice President of Litigation, Oversight Project
RJ Hauman, President
National Immigration Center for Enforcement
Kevin Lynn
Executive Director, The Institute for Sound Public Policy, Founder, U.S. Tech Workers
Cleta Mitchell
Esq., Senior Legal Fellow, Conservative Partnership Institute
William Wolfe
Executive Director, Center for Baptist Leadership
Wade Miller
Executive Director, Citizens for Renewing America
Scott Mechkowski
Deputy Field Office Director, New York Field Office, Immigration & Customs Enforcement (retired), Visiting Fellow, Oversight Project
Wesley Denton
COO, Conservative Partnership Institute
Kristen A Ullman
President, Eagle Forum
Del. S. Chris Anders
Chairman, WV Freedom Caucus
Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman
WV Freedom Caucus
Carol Davis
Chair, Illinois Conservative Union
Isaac Laster
Chairman, Young Republicans of Texas
JoAnn Fleming
Executive Director, Grassroots America - We the People PAC Texas
Adam Ellwanger
Professor, University of Houston - Downtown
Joe Chatham
Government Relations Director, Federation for American Immigration Reform
Dr. Tim Daughtry
Author and Speaker
Ron Armstrong
President, Stand Up Michigan
Jennica Pounds
Visiting Fellow, Oversight Project
Christopher Russo
President, Texans for Strong Borders
Daniel Poynter
Executive Director, Save Heritage Indiana
Deborah M. Wall
President, Camino Real RW, Texas
Robert E. Gowan
Lieutenant Colonel, US Army (Retired)
Clare M Lopez
Lopez Liberty LLC
Myron Ebell
Chairman-elect, American Lands Council
Neal Cornett
Director of State Litigation, Oversight Project
Sandy Rios
Senior Advisor, American Family Association
Ryan Neuhaus
Sheryl Kaufman
