Executive Team
RJ Hauman, President
RJ Hauman is an immigration enforcement expert with over a decade of experience in Washington covering the issue. In his time leading government relations and communications at the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), RJ helped build FAIR into one of Washington’s most influential issue advocacy organizations. Throughout his time at FAIR, RJ was a top spokesperson and advocate for the immigration reform movement, regularly quoted in Fox News, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Hill, Roll Call, Politico, and other media outlets. RJ also spent time on Capitol Hill as an aide to former Congressman Elton Gallegly (R-CA), who chaired the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
RJ received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Clemson University as well as a Master’s degree from the Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University. He currently splits time between Houston, TX and Washington, D.C., leading Stryker Strategies LLC, a boutique public affairs firm, and also serves as a Visiting Advisor at The Heritage Foundation.
Advisory Board
Scott Mechkowski
Scott Mechkowski is an Immigration Enforcement expert with over two decades of experience and a United States Army veteran who retired after more than 34 years of service as a Command Sergeant Major.
At U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Scott served as the Deputy Field Office Director for The New York City Field Office. He has led multi-agency joint task forces related to enforcing immigration law and spent many years locating at-large criminal alien fugitives, foreign fugitives, and combating gangs and transnational criminal enterprises. He also served as a Deputy J5 Planner for Joint Task Force West in San Antonio, TX.
He co-authored Operation ALL-IN, a multi-agency, cross-corridor operation at federal, state, local, tribal, and international levels aimed at disrupting Transnational Criminal Organizations. Additionally, he was detailed to Washington, D.C., to work in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Acting Chief of the National Fugitive Operation Division, responsible for overseeing all field operations for ICE.
For his work during JTF-W, he received the Secretary’s Homeland Security Unity Award for Meritorious Service. Scott has been awarded a Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, and multiple Meritorious Service Medals while serving as a Senior Enlisted Advisor.
Mike Howell
Mike Howell currently leads The Heritage Foundation’s investigative and oversight arm. The Oversight Project utilizes Heritage’s world-class issue area experts to inform strategic records requests, targeted litigation, and innovative investigations utilizing cutting-edge resources and contacts. The work is primarily intended to drive successful federal, state, and local oversight and accountability of the destructive work of the radical, open borders Left. Before joining Heritage in October 2018, he served at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of the General Counsel, where he was the Chief Legal Point of Contact for the department’s 3,000-lawyer office for all congressional oversight and investigations. Prior to joining the Trump administration, he was on Capitol Hill for five years as an attorney for both the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the House Oversight Committee. During this time, he worked under Senator Ron Johnson, Chairman of House Oversight Jason Chaffetz, and Subcommittee for National Security Chairman Ron DeSantis. While on the Hill, he led national security investigations into various Obama administration controversies, including security failures at the U.S. Secret Service, corruption at the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General (which resulted in the resignations of two Acting Inspector Generals, on two separate occasions), and the handling of overseas terrorism incidents. Prior to this, he worked in Atlanta Immigration Court, for both U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attorneys and then Immigration Judges from the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).