TOUGH ON CRIME PROSECUTOR
I recently resigned as a federal prosecutor to run for Congress in the 13th Congressional District in North Carolina. While working in law enforcement, I became familiar with issues important to every North Carolinian, and I look forward to discussing these issues in this campaign.
I grew up in Raleigh. My parents grew up in small towns, Wilson and Knightdale. My grandfather, now 97 years old, fought in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. My parents taught Bible Study, and now, so do I. My wife, Joanna, and I have been blessed with two children, Toler and Virginia.
During law school - at Wake Forest University - I worked as a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby. After graduating, I became a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for Eastern North Carolina. For seven and a half years, I worked with numerous sheriffs and police departments to prosecute and convict drug kingpins, members of drug cartels, gangs, human traffickers, and criminal illegal immigrants.
As I traveled eastern North Carolina, working on investigations and preparing for trials, I saw firsthand the devastating harm serious crime does to our communities. The open border policies now in place allow a catastrophic flow of crime that wreaks havoc across our state and country. In the last three years alone, it is estimated that nearly ten million illegal immigrants have crossed our Southern Border. The laws need to be stronger and more rigid to protect law-abiding Americans. I believe when an illegal immigrant commits a felony, they should be sent to prison for a minimum of five years and then deported.