Fellow Conservative,

Good Saturday Morning.

We are entering the third week of August recess, and our grassroots efforts are in full swing. Later today, nearly 200 Sentinels will be joining us in Austin, TX at our Texas Sentinel Summit and will be hearing from speakers such as Thomas Homan, former Acting Director of ICE, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21), and Mollie Heminway and Carrie Severino, authors of Justice on Trial.

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Polling backs up President’s Immigration Policy

On Monday, President Trump angered liberals by doing the right thing and releasing an administrative rule to ensure non-citizens don’t abuse or put additional strain on our social safety net; individuals who cannot support themselves and who are likely to be dependent on government handouts will not receive green cards.

Tim Chapman explained why America needs this rule:

America has always welcomed immigrants who seek to work hard to contribute to our society, and this rule will ensure those individuals have access to the limited pool of green cards...This rule sends a clear signal that America is open to those ready to contribute to our nation, while addressing one of the driving forces of our current immigration crisis.

Heritage Action has been raising awareness on this issue for months. In polling conducted earlier this year, we found that 37% of likely voters listed “overuse of social services” as “the biggest challenge illegal immigrants pose to America,” and that number jumps to 50% when considering respondents who answered “all of the above.”

We applaud President Trump for taking action this week.

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August Recess Priorities: USMCA

When Congress returns in September, they need to be prepared to take action and replace the NAFTA with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

NAFTA has been the law of the land for trade relations between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada since 1994, but the agreement is now antiquated, and fails to address modern issues like digital trade, intellectual property rights and cross-border data flows. President Trump has rightfully pointed out the major flaws with NAFTA and in 2017 initiated a restructuring of the trade agreement between the three nations to modernize the system and further open up Canadian and Mexican markets to U.S. agriculture. This culminated into the singing of the USMCA on November 30, 2018.

We need the Administration to conclude negotiations with Congress and submit legislative text to implement the trade agreement.

This legislation should not weaken the agreement that was put in place, there are a few policies from liberals in the House that are already concerning, like rules of origin for the automotive industry, labor standards including sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) references, and environmental regulations.

When talking to your member of Congress about the USMCA, make sure to highlight these three key points:

1. The USMCA makes necessary updates to our trade relationships with Mexico and Canada in several key ways
2. The USMCA legislation making its way through Congress contains troubling language on labor and environmental standards, rules of origin for the automotive industry, and sexual-orientation and gender-identity (SOGI) references
3. Congress should move quickly in passing the president’s trade agreement legislation to implement the USMCA without watering down the bill with extraneous regulations.

Congress needs to hear from us before they get back to the Hill. Tell your member of Congress that you support President Trump’s USMCA and want Congress to take up the legislation immediately!

Thank you for your activism!

Tim, Jessica, and the Heritage Action team

P.S. - Be sure to read Jessica Anderson's op-ed in Fox News on women voters and the policies they care about.