WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump鈥檚 in Congress includes more than 鈥� it also seeks to pour billions of dollars into the administration鈥檚 .
Republican leaders capitalized Tuesday on the , where people are protesting Trump鈥檚 immigration raids at Home Depot and other places, to make the case for swift passage of their sprawling 1,000-plus-page bill over staunch Democratic opposition.
said the One Big Beautiful Bill Act delivers 鈥渕uch-needed reinforcements,鈥� including 10,000 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, $45 billion to expand migrant detention facilities and billions more to carry out at least 1 million deportations a year.
鈥淎ll you have to do is look at what鈥檚 happening in Los Angeles to realize that our law enforcement needs all the support that we can possibly give them,鈥� said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
The focus on some $350 billion in national security funding comes as action on the massive package is lumbering along in Congress at a critical moment. Trump wants by the Fourth of July. But Senate Republicans trying to heave it to passage without Democrats are also running up against their GOP ranks over the details.
At the same time, Democrats are warning that Trump鈥檚 executive reach into California 鈥� sending in the National Guard over the governor鈥檚 objections and calling up the Marines 鈥� is inflaming tensions in what had been isolated protests in pockets of LA. They warned the president's heavy-handed approach has the potential to spread, if unchecked, to other communities nationwide.
鈥淲e are at a dangerous inflection point in our country,鈥� said Rep. Jimmy Gomez, who represents the Los Angeles area.
鈥淭rump created this political distraction to divide us and keep our focus away from his policies that are wreaking havoc on our economy and hurting working families," he said. "It鈥檚 a deliberate attempt by Trump to incite unrest, test the limits of executive power and distract from the lawlessness of his administration.鈥�
At its core, the bill extends some $4.5 trillion in existing tax breaks that would otherwise expire at the end of the year without action in Congress, cutting some $1.4 trillion in spending over the decade to help offset costs.
The found the bill鈥檚 changes to Medicaid and other programs would leave an estimated 10.9 million more people without health insurance and at least 3 million each month without food stamps from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. At the same time, CBO said the package will add some $2.4 trillion to deficits over the decade.
One emerging area of concern for Republican leaders has been the bill鈥檚 status before the Senate parliamentarian鈥檚 office, which assesses whether the package complies with the strict rules used for legislation under the so-called budget reconciliation process.
Late Monday, Republicans acknowledged potential 鈥渞ed flags鈥� coming from the parliamentarian鈥檚 office that will require changes in the House bill before it can be sent to the Senate. Leaders are using the reconciliation process because it allows for simple majority passage in both chambers, were GOP majorities are razor-thin.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Republicans are preparing to address the concerns with a vote in the House, possibly as soon as this week, to change the package.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer seized on the House鈥檚 upcoming do-over vote as a chance for Republicans who are dissatisfied with the package to reassert their leverage and 鈥渇orce the bill back to the drawing board.鈥�
鈥淭hey say they don鈥檛 like parts of the bill 鈥� now is their opportunity to change it,鈥� Schumer said.
On Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance was dispatched to speak with one GOP holdout, Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who has pushed for deeper spending reductions in the bill to prevent skyrocketing deficits from adding to the nation鈥檚 $36 trillion debt load. Other Republican senators have raised concerns about the health care cuts.
But Republicans are in agreement on border security, deportation and military funding, over the objections of Democrats who fought vigorously during the committee process to strip those provisions from the bill.
The package includes about $150 billion for border security and deportation operations, including funding for hiring 10,000 new ICE officers 鈥� with what Johnson said are $10,000 hiring bonuses 鈥� as well as 3,000 new Border Patrol agents and other field operations and support staff.
There's also funding for a daily detention capacity for 100,000 migrants and for flights for 1 million deportations annually. The package includes $46 billion for construction of Trump鈥檚 long promised wall between the U.S.-Mexico border.
Additionally, the bill includes $150 billion for the Pentagon, with $5 billion for the military deployment in support of border security, along with nearly $25 billion for Trump鈥檚 鈥淕olden Dome鈥� defense system over the U.S. Separately, the bill adds another $21 billion for the Coast Guard.
Democrats have argued against the deportations, and warned that Trump appears to be stirring up protests so he can clamp down on migrant communities.
Rep. Nanette Barragan 鈥� whose district represents the suburban city of Paramount, where the weekend Home Depot raid touched off protests 鈥� implored Americans: 鈥淟isten to the words of this administration: They鈥檙e using words like insurrection. They鈥檙e using words like invasion.鈥�
She warned the administration is laying the groundwork for even steeper actions.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 a concern,鈥� she said. 鈥淭hat is dangerous. It鈥檚 wrong.鈥�
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Associated Press writer Michelle L. Price contributed to this report.
Lisa Mascaro, The Associated Press
