🚨 URGENT: Protect America’s Families, Economy, and Future—Reject the Proposed Budget Cuts and Mass Deportation Plans 🚨
Dear President Trump, Members of the House of Representatives, & Senators,
We, the undersigned, urgently call upon you to reject proposed budget bills that include devastating cuts to Medicaid, SNAP & education, alongside plans for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. These measures threaten well-being of millions of Americans, will destabilize key industries, and pose severe risks to our economy & national security
🚨 Proposed Budget Cuts: A Direct Attack on Vulnerable Americans 🚨
🏥 Slashing Medicaid: Human & Economic Catastrophe
The proposed $880 billion Medicaid cut would:
✅ Strip 20 to 36 million Americans of healthcare (KFF)
✅ Cause mass closures of safety net hospitals, especially in rural areas (AHA)
✅ Cut funding for 62% of nursing home residents, forcing closures (National Center for Assisted Living)
✅ 1 in 3 children with cancer in the U.S. rely on Medicaid for life-saving treatment (American Cancer Society). Slashing funding would delay diagnoses & disrupt care, worsening survival rates
✅ Trigger mass layoffs of healthcare workers, worsening hospital understaffing
🍽️ Gutting SNAP: Increased Hunger & Economic Fallout
✅ 40 million Americans—including children and seniors—would lose food assistance (CBPP)
✅ Every $1 in SNAP generates $1.50–$1.80 in economic activity. Cuts would harm retailers & farmers
📚 Undermining Education: A Blow to America’s Future
✅ Larger class sizes, defunding Pell Grants & community colleges (NEA)
✅ Eliminates student loan forgiveness, increasing student debt
🚫 Catastrophic Consequences of Mass Deportations 🚫
💸 Economic Cost
✅ $967.9 billion over 10 years in deportation costs (American Immigration Council)
✅ GDP shrinkage by 2%—up to $623.2 billion lost in private sector output (Joint Economic Committee)
✅ $97 billion in lost tax revenue; $20 billion/year lost from Social Security contributions
✅ Devastating industries
• 45% of farmworkers
• 20% of construction workers
• 8% of healthcare workers
✅ 90% increase in dairy prices due to lost farm labor (USDA)
✅ 4.4 million U.S. citizen children live in mixed-status families—deportations would tear families apart (Migration Policy Institute)
🌟 Better Solutions: Strengthen the Economy, Protect Families
✅ Protect Medicaid & SNAP—reduces mortality, saves on emergency care (KFF)
✅ Invest in Education & Workforce Development—boosts GDP growth (Brookings Institution)
✅ Pathway to Citizenship—adds $1.7 trillion to GDP, creates 438,800 jobs (Center for American Progress)
✅ Fair Tax Policy—stop giveaways to billionaires. Instead, make the top 1% pay their fair share (Tax Policy Center)
📢 Call to Action: Stop These Dangerous Cuts & Deportations!
📌 Find Your Representative: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
📌 Congress Switchboard (202) 224-3121
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▶ Created on February 28, 2025 by Protect Families, Protect America