June 11th, 2025
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President Donald Trump's important bill in Congress doesn't just include tax cuts and less spending; it also plans to give billions of dollars to the government's big deportation program.
On Tuesday, Republican leaders took advantage of the protests in Los Angeles, where people are demonstrating against Trump's immigration raids at places like Home Depot. They used these protests to argue for the quick approval of their very long bill, which is over 1,000 pages, despite strong opposition from Democrats.
House Speaker Mike Johnson stated that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act offers "much-needed support." This includes employing 10,000 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, spending $45 billion to enlarge migrant detention centers, and committing billions more to carry out at least 1 million deportations each year.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) stated that the events in Los Angeles clearly show that law enforcement requires all the support we can possibly provide.
The focus on about $350 billion for national security is happening while this large bill is moving slowly through Congress at an important time. Trump wants the bill signed into law by the Fourth of July. However, Senate Republicans are trying to pass it without Democrats, but they are also facing disagreements from within their own party about the details.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has concluded that the proposed changes to Medicaid and other social programs would lead to about 10.9 million more people not having health insurance. Additionally, it is expected that at least 3 million people each month would stop receiving food assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The CBO also estimates that this legislative plan will add around $2.4 trillion to the national debt over the next ten years.
A growing concern for Republican leaders is the bill's position with the Senate parliamentarian's office. This office checks if the bill follows the strict rules for laws passed using the budget reconciliation process.
On Monday evening, Republicans admitted that the parliamentarian's office had found some possible problems, so they will need to change the House bill before sending it to the Senate. Leaders are using the reconciliation process because it lets them pass the bill with a simple majority in both parts of Congress, where the Republican majority is very small.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise stated that Republicans are ready to deal with these concerns by having a vote in the House, possibly this week, to modify the legislative proposal.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer viewed the House's upcoming second vote as an opportunity for Republicans who are displeased with the proposal to regain their influence and insist that the bill be revised significantly.
Schumer asserted that critics of the bill now have a chance to amend provisions they find objectionable.
On Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance was sent to talk to Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who was the only Republican senator holding out. Senator Johnson has been pushing for bigger spending cuts in the bill to stop rising deficits from increasing the nation's $36 trillion debt. Other Republican senators have also expressed worries about the planned cuts to healthcare.
However, Republicans agree on border security, deportation policies, and military spending, even though Democrats strongly opposed these points and tried hard during the committee process to remove them from the bill.
The plan includes around $150 billion for border security and deportation efforts. This money will be used to hire 10,000 new ICE officers, who will reportedly receive $10,000 hiring bonuses. Additionally, 3,000 new Border Patrol agents and other support staff for field operations will be hired.
Additionally, the funding provides for the daily detention of 100,000 migrants and for flights to deport one million people each year. The package also includes $46 billion for building the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, which was a key promise of the previous administration.
The bill also provides $150 billion for the Pentagon. This includes $5 billion for military activities that support border security and almost $25 billion for Trump's suggested border wall. Furthermore, the Coast Guard will get an additional $21 billion.
Democrats have strongly criticized the deportations, warning that Trump seems to be intentionally causing unrest to justify strict measures against migrant communities.
Representative Nanette Barragán, whose district includes Paramount, a suburban city where a Home Depot raid caused protests last weekend, urged Americans to listen carefully to the administration's words. She pointed out, "They are using words like 'insurrection' and 'invasion.'"
She warned that the administration was preparing for even more severe actions.
“That’s a worry,” she stated. “It’s quite risky, and what’s more, it’s simply not right.”
June 11th, 2025
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