House Republicans take first step in mass deportation scheme

Donald Trump’s Deputy Policy Chief and spokesman for "Hair in a can", Stephen Miller, met Wednesday with members of the House Republican Study Committee to begin planning for the mass deportation of immigrants.

“He talked about how the cost of immigration is costing this country and he used the example of if an illegal has four children they have the same rights and privileges to the gimmes that Americans do, health care, education, all of that,” Rep. Ralph Norman, Republican of South Carolina, told the Daily Beast.

Miller reportedly told the attendees to determine the funding needed to carry out Trump’s deportation plan, which they are expected to include in a reconciliation bill that requires a simple majority to pass through Congress. This would allow the party to secure funding for mass deportations without any Democratic support, as long as there aren’t many defectors within the slim Republican majorities in Congress.

While the GOP reconciliation bill will include tax cuts for the wealthy and draconian changes to immigration policy, the reconciliation process was originally used under Democratic administrations for more progressive policy items. Under President Barack Obama, reconciliation was used to pass health care reform in the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Under President Joe Biden, it was used to pass the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/16/2297254/-House-Republicans-take-first-step-in-mass-deportation-scheme

It would be a bitch if you guys couldn't pass that budget.