TRUMP’S BUDGET: MORE FUNDING FOR DEPORTATION FORCES

Rep. Faso:   I urge you to oppose any increases in U.S. detention capacity!

[Edited from the Indivisible Guide]

Where does all the money from cuts to education, the environment, and public safety go? To expand the military and to fund anti-immigration policies like the border wall [now off the table till September], detention facilities, and a mass deportation force.

Donald Trump has also requested a supplemental funding request (often referred to simply as the “supplemental”) containing a $3 billion down payment on the border wall, detention camps, and his deportation force. He is asking Congress to pay to build his costly, harmful, and unnecessary border wall. He wants Congress to fund an increase in U.S. detention capacity and grow the number of ICE agents by the thousands, creating a mass deportation force of unprecedented size and power. Again, he plans to pay for this through cuts to other key programs Americans rely on.