Dems Should Pump the Brakes on Fear-Mongering, Racism, Greed

WASHINGTON DC – Last week, the GOP-controlled Senate advanced a massive budget resolution that allocates $350 billion to immigration enforcement, fueling Trump and Musk’s relentless attack on working families, nearly six times the latest annual budget of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This proposal would funnel hundreds of billions into mass detention and tear people from their communities, all while gutting essential programs like education, healthcare, and food assistance such as SNAP. 

Rather than investing in solutions to help millions of Americans struggling to get by, Republicans are prioritizing billions for more immigration agents, expanded detention centers, ramped-up surveillance, and enforcement operations nationwide.

In response to this latest federal action, Cathryn Ann Paul Jackson, CASA’s Public Policy Director, issued the following statement.

“The Republican budget is designed to fuel President Trump’s mass deportation machine while gutting the very programs that keep communities afloat. MAGA Republicans would rather strip funding from schools, healthcare, and economic relief to funnel billions into terrorizing immigrant families, tearing children from their parents, and turbocharging a system built on cruelty and profit. This is not about safety or security: it’s about fear-mongering, racism, and greed. Trump and his billionaire allies like Musk stand to gain while everyday people suffer. Congress has a choice: they can either stand with working families or bankroll a deportation force that will destroy lives and destabilize communities. Democrats must reject this assault on our values, our economy, and our future. We demand leadership that fights for people, not one that funds a white supremacist agenda at the expense of our families.”
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With over 173,000 lifetime members across 46 US states, CASA is a national powerhouse organization building power and improving the quality of life in working-class: Black, Latino/a/e, Afro-descendent, Indigenous, and Immigrant communities. CASA creates change with its power-building model blending human services, community organizing, and advocacy in order to serve the full spectrum of the needs, dreams, and aspirations of members. The complete name of the organization is “CASA” and not other variations. It is not an abbreviation or shortened for other names.