To: Kirstjen Nielsen, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, William Barr, Attorney General of the United States, and Donald J. Trump, President of the United States

Reject Trump's Border Wall Land Grab

We reject Trump's border wall land grab. Eminent domain should not be used for political stunts. The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security must refuse to take property from citizens for political purposes.

Why is this important?

The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution states, “No person shall be deprived of … property, without due process of law.” This provision, known as the Takings Clause, protects citizens from unreasonable government seizure of private property.

However, now President Trump is looking to take private land from property owners who live near the US-Mexico border for his political border wall stunt.

According to a recently released Quinnipiac University poll, a majority of Americans don't believe that Trump's wall is need to secure the border, it wouldn't make the U.S. safer, and it would not be a good use of taxpayer money.

We reject Trump's border wall land grab. It's clearly an unreasonable government seizure of private property.

Eminent domain should not be used for political stunts. The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security must refuse to take property from citizens for political purposes.