State of California et al v. Trump et al

Filing 216

NOTICE Regarding Use Of The Treasury Forfeiture Fund by Department of Defense, David Bernhardt, Mark T. Esper, Kevin K. McAleenan, Ryan D. McCarthy, Steven T. Mnuchin, Richard V. Spencer, Donald J. Trump, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Treasury, United States of America, Heather Wilson (Attachments: # 1 Declaration, # 2 Declaration)(Warden, Andrew) (Filed on 10/3/2019) Modified on 10/4/2019 (jjbS, COURT STAFF).

EXHIBIT 2

DECLARATION OF RUYNARD SINGLETON

I, Ruynard Singleton, declare as follows:
1. I am the Executive Director for the U.S. Border Patrol Program Management Office
Directorate (PMOD), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency of the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The PMOD oversees the Wall Program
Management Office (Wall PMO). The Wall PMO is responsible for border barrier
projects, and I oversee all the work of the Wall PMO. I have been the Executive
Director since March 2018, but I was the Acting Executive Director since December
2016.
2. The statements in this declaration are based on my personal knowledge and information
that I have received in my official capacity.
3. The Acquisition Program Manager for the Wall PMO previously executed declarations
dated April 1, 2019, May 14, 2019, and July 11, 2019 that explained CBP’s use of
Treasury Forfeiture Fund (TFF) funds for barrier construction along the southern border.
This declaration provides updated information about CBP’s use of TFF funds.
4. On September 27, 2019, pursuant to a financial transfer, a CBP account received from
the Department of the Treasury $600,993,368.26 to support CBP’s law enforcement
border security mission. Prior to the financial transfer of TFF funds, CBP submitted one
claim to TFF for reimbursement of expenses. On September 4, 2019, CBP submitted a
request for reimbursement of $6,631.74 for CBP program management and support
costs associated with planning potential TFF funded projects. CBP received
reimbursement for these funds on September 12, 2019.

5. As explained in the prior CBP declarations, CBP plans to utilize TFF money for
planning and construction exclusively within Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley and/or
Laredo Sectors. At this time no final decisions have been made as to the final barrier
location for any project funded by the TFF in the Rio Grande Valley and/or Laredo
Sectors, and no TFF funds have been obligated to specific border barrier projects in
these Sectors.
This declaration is made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746. I declare under penalty of perjury that
the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on this 3rd day of October 2019.

Ruynard Singleton
Executive Director
U.S. Border Patrol Program Management Office Directorate
U.S. Customs and Border Protection