Urge Democrats to Fiercely Oppose the New GOP Effort to Shovel Billions More Dollars to ICE and Border Patrol
REPUBLICANS’ BACKWARD PRIORITIES: FUNDING TRUMP’S SECRET POLICE AND PRISON CAMPS WHILE FAMILIES SUFFER
Republicans currently control narrow majorities in both chambers of Congress, and their top legislative priority is supercharging Trump’s authoritarian power grabs and funneling as much money to his regime as they can while they’re still in power – all at the expense of families working to make ends meet.
Instead of delivering relief from the skyrocketing costs, Republicans are slashing safety net programs so they can pour more taxpayer dollars into Trump’s mass deportation machine, foreign wars, and corrupt and unaccountable agencies.
Last year, Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill cut $1 trillion from Medicaid and SNAP while shoveling $170 billion into Trump’s mass deportation machine. Congress should be clawing back that funding and redirecting it to basic needs like healthcare and housing. Instead, the GOP is trying to shower Trump’s secret police – which already gets more funding than most countries’ militaries – with even more money for concentration camps and militarized deployments to US cities.
The GOP is currently pursuing these backward priorities through two legislative vehicles:
BUDGET RECONCILIATION: This is a wonky legislative process that allows Congress to make changes to the federal budget with expedited procedures that can’t be filibustered in the Senate. So, bottom line, Republicans don’t need any Democratic votes to pass it. Last year’s Big Ugly Bill was passed through reconciliation and now Republicans are using it again to try to jam through even more funding for ICE and Border Patrol, with zero guardrails or accountability. Republicans are also actively discussing using budget reconciliation to pass other MAGA priorities.
FUNDING THE GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027: Congress must pass FY27 funding (called “appropriations”) for all federal agencies by September 30, 2026. Appropriations bills can be filibustered in the Senate, so Republicans need Democratic votes to pass them – giving Democrats leverage they must use.
Republican spending priorities are massively unpopular. They’re counting on Americans being too distracted and numbed by the daily flood of horrifying news out of the White House to weigh in on how our tax dollars are being spent. Not on our watch!
HOW YOU CAN TAKE ACTION TO DEMAND CONGRESS FUND COMMUNITIES, NOT CHAOS
Contact your Members of Congress and demand they vote oppose MAGA spending bills.
That includes calling your Republican Members of Congress (MoCs), even if they’re loyal to Trump, and emailing your Democratic MoCs, too. If you don’t have a Republican MoC, sign up for a phonebank to encourage folks with Republican representatives and/or senators to make a call.
Make sure Republicans feel the heat for stealing from working families to pay for Trump’s pro-billionaire, authoritarian agenda. Make sure Democrats hold the line.
If Republicans only ever hear from constituents who agree with them, they’ll be emboldened to double-down on backing the Trump regime, rather than feeling pressure to fracture the party line. Organize local events, flood social media, and make sure everyone in your community knows where their tax dollars are going.
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Rally your community and demand your elected officials reject Trump’s deportation and detention agenda.
ICE is ramping up a massive expansion of detention facilities across the country, powered by the Big Ugly Bill’s slush funds and the billions Republicans hope to jam through Congress. Their goal is to buy and retrofit actual warehouses to hold the human beings they continue to grab off our streets – often with no due process.
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