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N.C- Today vigils will be held in front of Senator Thom Tillis' (R-NC) and Senator Ted Budd's (R-NC) offices statewide. A press release by the state's justice center says the vigils are meant to oppose the healthcare cuts in President Trump's proposed One Big Beautiful Bill Act and ICE deportations.
Trump has called for ICE raids to be carried out in Democratic strongholds such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.
President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown continued this week, prompting thousands in Arizona to join a nationwide protest against the Republican administration.
An internal memo and emails obtained by the AP show that Medicaid officials unsuccessfully attempted to block the data transfer, citing legal and ethical concerns. They were overruled by two top advisers to Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr ., who ordered that the dataset be handed over to the Department of Homeland Security, the emails reveal.
House Republicans are touting that their sweeping tax and spending cuts package would kick many “illegal immigrants” off federal assistance, fulling one of President Donald Trump’s top priorities.