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.
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.