President Donald Trump's top aide, Stephen Miller, told House Republicans in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill Wednesday that they have new ways to strengthen border security while cutting funding to sanctuary cities and states like New York. I urged you to find it.
Miller, who served as a speechwriter and senior adviser in the president-elect's first administration, spoke for an hour with members of the Republican Study Committee, the largest Republican group in the House, to discuss border security plans for the 47th president's term. has been formulated. People familiar with the talks told the Post.
That blueprint includes withholding federal funds from sanctuary jurisdictions that would prohibit information about noncitizen arrests from being shared with federal authorities, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials assisting with planned mass deportations. This included an increase in staff.
Wednesday's meeting between Miller and House Republicans First reported by FOX News .
“The Republican Research Committee is ready to implement President Trump's policies from day one of the new administration,” said Rep. August Pflueger (R-Texas), chairman of the 177-member group. ) said in a statement. “We are focused on securing our borders and cracking down on illegal immigration.”
Long Island Rep. Nick Larota, another RSC member, introduced a bill last year that would cut off all federal aid funding to sanctuary jurisdictions dealing with an influx of immigrants, but Democrats won the majority. It was never taken up in the Senate.
According to New York City, hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid have been poured into New York City in recent years to provide food, housing and other services to immigrants. Brad Lander Audit Office.
The city was expected to spend $3.75 billion on immigration services in fiscal year 2024 and receive a total of $237.3 million in federal funding, according to disclosures from Lander's office.
In 2023, the Department of Justice awarded grants to law enforcement agencies in all sanctuary jurisdictions. Over $1.56 billionaccording to the Center for Immigration Services, a conservative nonprofit research organization.
Many cities and states enacted sanctuary laws in response to Trump's first-term immigration policies, but New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Big Apple Mayor Eric Adams plan to work with the incoming Republican administration. He showed his intention.
Adams also previously opposed policies that would prohibit police from responding to requests for detainees from ICE.
In 2017, then-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order creating a costly sanctuary policy that prohibits state officials and law enforcement from inquiring about a person's immigration status.
Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed the Laken-Reilly Act on a bipartisan basis, requiring states and cities to cooperate with federal authorities seeking to detain and deport criminal immigrants.
The bill is currently being debated and amended in the Senate, but most of the border provisions will be incorporated into the massive bill expected to pass both chambers through a process known as budget reconciliation.
If approved by senators, the budget reconciliation bill would only need to pass the Senate with a simple majority. House bills can only pass with a majority if they pass the Rules Committee.
However, this process should only include measures that change spending levels and not rewrite federal law.
Early estimates suggest the price could exceed $85 billion reported by bloomberg.
Trump, 78, is also expected to reverse several Biden-era border moves by executive order on his first day.
Previous and future presidents have reinstated “Remain in Mexico” rules for asylum seekers, potentially cutting southern border crossings by up to 70%, halted flights for migrants, and “remained in Mexico” He said he would reinstate travel bans to the country. Final use of the CBP One mobile app.
“We will not rest until we implement the most stringent border security measures in American history,” Pflueger added. “Our partnership with Stephen Miller and his team will transform Republican priorities into legislative wins in the House.”
