House Budget Cuts Aid to Fund Deportations and Tax Breaks for the Wealthy

This article from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) details how the House’s budget reconciliation bill drastically cuts critical supports like Medicaid, SNAP, and the Child Tax Credit, which disproportionately harms low-income families and communities of color. According to CLASP, the bill redirects these funds to expand immigration enforcement—allocating $45 billion for agencies like ICE—and to extend tax breaks favoring the wealthy. The organization criticizes the bill as prioritizing mass deportation and economic inequality over the needs of vulnerable Americans.