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A top official with the South Texas Builders Association delivered a blunt political threat to White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, warning that continued immigration enforcement and mass deportations would cost Republicans the White House.
Benny Melendez, identified in C-SPAN coverage as the association’s Vice Chair (and elsewhere as President of Government Relations), confronted the enforcement agenda directly.
“Stephen Miller, if you want to work with us in favor of our communities, we are more than ready. Let’s work together,” Melendez announced.
“But if you want to continue harassing our communities, prepare yourself not only to lose your job, but get ready, because these 2028 elections, these same communities you are now harassing will make sure you lose the White House.”
South Texas Builders Association Vice Chair Benny Melendez to White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller: “If you want to continue harassing our communities…These same communities you’re now harassing will make sure you lose the White House.” https://t.co/AwAwBY8KGj
— CSPAN (@cspan) November 11, 2026
The remarks come as Miller, the longtime architect of the Trump administration’s immigration policies, has been elevated to Chief of Staff.
Miller has driven expanded ICE operations, worksite enforcement, and the push for large-scale removals of illegal aliens, priorities the American people backed in 2024 and that the administration has continued after the 2026 midterms.
The South Texas Builders Association has spent months publicly complaining that ICE raids and arrests have created labor shortages on construction sites in the Rio Grande Valley.
Association leaders, including Executive Director Mario Guerrero (a three-time Trump voter who has since voiced frustration), have described worksite enforcement as devastating their industry. They have lobbied for work permits for long-term illegal workers, argued that enforcement is “targeting” construction crews, and warned of political fallout if the raids do not stop.
Texas Tribune reporting from July 2026 detailed a Pharr gathering hosted by the association and an open-borders coalition in which industry figures issued electoral warnings.
Massey Villarreal told lawmakers that failing to halt worksite raids and mass deportations, or failing to pass work permits, would mean “you will lose.” Association chairman Ronnie Cavazos referenced high deportation numbers from the region and framed continued enforcement as something voters would punish at the ballot box.
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