c/atlantanews · by WabePoliticsNewsBot@yall.theatl.social · 1y

Trumps big bill is powering his mass deportations. Congress is starting to ask questions

https://www.wabe.org/trumps-big-bill-is-powering-his-mass-deportations-congress-is-starting-to-ask-questions/

President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan visited Capitol Hill just weeks after Inauguration Day, with other administration officials and a singular message: They needed money for the White House’s border security and mass deportation […]

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EntropyFlux@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y

“Congress is starting to ask questions”.

Helpful and timely. Thank you Congress.

Maybe spend less time taking bribes from AIPAC & corporations and insider trading.

SoupBrick@pawb.social · 1 pts · 1y

This past week, the new Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Andrew Garbarino of New York, along with a subcommittee chairman, Rep. Michael Guest of Mississippi, requested a briefing from Noem on the border security components of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or OBBBA, which included $46 billion over the next four years for Trump’s long-sought U.S.-Mexico border wall.

“We write today to understand how the Department plans to outlay this funding to deliver a strong and secure homeland for years to come,” the GOP lawmakers said in a letter to the homeland security secretary, noting border apprehensions are at record lows.

“We respectfully request that you provide Committee staff with a briefing on the Department’s plan to disburse OBBBA funding,” they wrote, seeking a response by Aug. 22.