June 11th, 2025
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President Donald Trump's new bill in Congress includes tax changes and budget cuts, but it also plans to spend a lot of money on the government's deportation program.
On Tuesday, Republican leaders used the protests in Los Angeles against Trump's immigration actions at places like Home Depot. They used this situation to argue that their very long bill, which is over 1,000 pages, should be passed quickly, even though Democrats strongly opposed it.
House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will bring important help, including 10,000 new immigration officers, $45 billion to make migrant holding centers bigger, and billions more to deport at least 1 million people each year.
Senator John Thune said that what is happening in Los Angeles shows that the police need all the support we can give them.
The debate over $350 billion for national security is happening while a very large bill is slowly moving through Congress at a key time. Trump wants the bill signed by July 4th. However, Senate Republicans are trying to pass it without Democrats, but they are also facing objections from some members of their own party about the details.
The Congressional Budget Office announced that the bill's changes to Medicaid and other programs would mean around 10.9 million more people would not have health insurance. Also, at least 3 million people would not get food stamps from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program every month. The CBO also said that this plan would add about $2.4 trillion to the national debt over the next ten years.
Republican leaders are becoming more concerned about whether the bill will be approved by the Senate. This is because the Senate checks if the bill follows the strict rules for budget-related laws.
On Monday, Republicans said there might be problems from the parliamentarian's office, so they will need to change the House bill before it goes to the Senate. They are using a special process called reconciliation because it only requires a simple majority vote in both the House and Senate, and the Republicans have only a very small majority.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Republicans are preparing to vote in the House, possibly this week, to change the bill and solve the problems.
Chuck Schumer, the main Democrat in the Senate, thought the House's next vote was a chance for Republicans who don't like the plan to get their power back and ask for changes to the bill.
Schumer said that if people don't like parts of the new law, they now have the chance to change it.
On Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance met with Senator Ron Johnson from Wisconsin. Senator Johnson, a Republican, wants the new bill to have bigger spending cuts to stop the country's $36 trillion debt from growing even more. Other Republican senators are also concerned about the proposed cuts to health care.
Republicans mostly agree on border security, sending immigrants out of the country, and money for the military. But Democrats strongly disagreed with these ideas when the committee discussed them and tried to take them out of the bill.
The plan includes about $150 billion for border security and for deporting people. This money will help hire 10,000 new ICE officers, and Johnson said they could get $10,000 hiring bonuses. It will also pay for 3,000 new Border Patrol agents and other staff who work in the field.
The plan also includes money to hold 100,000 migrants daily and to pay for flights to deport one million people each year. It also has $46 billion to build the wall that Trump promised along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The bill also gives $150 billion to the Pentagon, which includes $5 billion for military support at the border. It also provides almost $25 billion for Trump's proposed defense system for the U.S. In addition, the bill includes another $21 billion for the Coast Guard.
Democrats have spoken out against the deportations, and they think Trump is trying to cause protests so he can control migrant communities more strictly.
Representative Nanette Barragan, whose district includes Paramount, a city where protests started after an incident at Home Depot, asked Americans to pay close attention. She said, "Listen to the words this administration is using. They are using words like 'insurrection' and 'invasion.'"
She warned that the administration was getting ready for even tougher actions.
"That's worrying," she stated. "It's a risky situation, and frankly, it's just not right."
June 11th, 2025
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