#ice-funding

#ice-funding

"What we've seen in Minneapolis and in Portland is what happens when we militarize against our own people," said Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.). "We've got a level of funding that makes ICE bigger than a lot of militaries around the world." Peters, a leading member of the center-left New Democrat Coalition, said he is "totally open" to trying to reduce ICE's funding and quipped: "Consider me a progressive."

The bill proposes sweeping cuts, amounting to $1 trillion, to healthcare programs including Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, severely impacting low-income Americans.

Polls show the so-called 'big, beautiful' budget bill championed by President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress is becoming deeply unpopular as more people learn about the deadly consequences of... proposals to slash the health care safety net.