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US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/44793/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/44793/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> How Trump’s GOP megabill will affect Texas <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BorderSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BorderSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BorderWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BorderWall</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SupplementalNutritionAssistanceProgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupplementalNutritionAssistanceProgram</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TexasGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TexasGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TexasNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TexasNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TexasPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TexasPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TexasPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TexasPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Orange no-entry signs posted by the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> in English &amp; Spanish dot the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> desert, where a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BorderWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BorderWall</span></a> cuts past onion fields &amp; parched ranches w/tufts of tall grass growing amidst wiry brush &amp; yucca trees.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Army</span></a> has posted thousands of the warnings in NM &amp; western <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>, declaring a “restricted area by authority of the commander.” It’s part of a major shift that has thrust the military into border enforcement w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> like never before.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a><br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/border-military-trump-national-defense-area-89f046e09809fe5b5071c6b9e1f48da9?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-05-Troops+at+the+border" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/border-mili</span><span class="invisible">tary-trump-national-defense-area-89f046e09809fe5b5071c6b9e1f48da9?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-05-Troops+at+the+border</span></a></p>
Bruce Mirken<p>"The bill provides roughly $46.5 billion to complete Trump's <a href="https://mas.to/tags/borderwall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>borderwall</span></a>." I guess "Mexico will pay for the walll" is officially dead.</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/03/g-s1-75609/big-beautiful-bill-ice-funding-immigration?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/07/03/g-s1-75609/</span><span class="invisible">big-beautiful-bill-ice-funding-immigration?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Here is a summary via Reuters of some elements of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> tax &amp; spending plan, with cost &amp; savings estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBO</span></a>) or the Joint Committee on Taxation when available.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OneBigUglyBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OneBigUglyBill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OneBigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OneBigBeautifulBill</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillionaireTaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillionaireTaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CorporateTaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateTaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SNAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNAP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateSolutions</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BorderWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BorderWall</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Detention</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassDeportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassDeportation</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-big-beautiful-bill-live-updates-2025-07-02/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/trump-big</span><span class="invisible">-beautiful-bill-live-updates-2025-07-02/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Congress set to hand Trump🚨BILLIONS to recruit more Gestapo <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CPB</span></a> agents. This atrocity is underreported &amp; endangers millions of undoc <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>immigrants</span></a> &amp; US citizens.</p><p>Detaining &amp; deporting more immigrants will be devastating: family members will be separated, communities lose their valued contributions, creates more financially insecure ppl, reduces the WF, restricts immigration, negatively affects the economy..<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Detention</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BorderWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BorderWall</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BBB" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BBB</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-set-hand-trump-billions-recruit-ice-agents-rcna214990" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/congress/</span><span class="invisible">congress-set-hand-trump-billions-recruit-ice-agents-rcna214990</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p>Mexican-American comedian Diego Luna ended his week as guest host on “<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/JimmyKimmel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimmyKimmel</span></a> Live” with a reminder that <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> tax-payers spent $15 billion for a mostly non-existent <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BorderWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BorderWall</span></a> between <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> and the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> with built portions that have either been blown down by high winds or can be scaled with a makeshift ladder🪜! <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/https" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>https</span></a>://www.huffpost.com/entry/diego-luna-trump-border-wall_n_685e215ce4b0bb504500091e</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> hilariously!</p>
Georgiann Baldino<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BorderWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BorderWall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a></p>
Incognitim<p>Lolz-</p><p>With only 8% built, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> quietly defunds state <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/borderWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>borderWall</span></a> program</p><p>That decision, made in the waning hours of this year’s legislative session, leaves the future of the state wall unclear. Just 8% of the 805 miles is complete, costing taxpayers over $3B.<br>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wall</span></a> is full of gaps that migrants and smugglers can easily walk around and mostly concentrated on sprawling ranches in rural areas, where illegal border crossings are less likely to occur. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abbott</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> 🤡💩<br><a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/17/texas-border-wall-funding-ends-abbott-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texastribune.org/2025/06/17/te</span><span class="invisible">xas-border-wall-funding-ends-abbott-trump/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Just 8% of the 805 miles <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Texas</span></a> identified for <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BorderWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BorderWall</span></a> construction is complete, which has cost taxpayers &gt;3B to date. The state’s wall program would take around 30 years &amp; &gt;$20B to complete.</p><p>Children &amp; families are going hungry in the US, former USAID recipients are starving &amp; dying bc the US has cut off their food supply &amp; meds..., but a useless border wall is being built by TX &amp; the US.<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/17/texas-border-wall-funding-ends-abbott-trump/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texastribune.org/2025/06/17/te</span><span class="invisible">xas-border-wall-funding-ends-abbott-trump/</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> Is Already $1 Billion Over <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> And Could Run Out Of Cash Next Month <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bigbeautifulbill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigbeautifulbill</span></a> would allocate $75 billion to the agency over the next five years. Should the president not get his way, he could declare a national <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emergency</span></a> and redirect <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> from other governmental agencies. Such a scenario took place in 2020 after he <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/diverted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diverted</span></a> almost $4 billion from the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> to fund <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/borderwall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>borderwall</span></a> construction. <a href="https://www.latintimes.com/ice-already-1-billion-overbudget-could-run-out-cash-next-month-585043" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latintimes.com/ice-already-1-b</span><span class="invisible">illion-overbudget-could-run-out-cash-next-month-585043</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gop</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> 3</p>
Wendy Siegelman<p>Trump-allied company wins $309M contract to build border wall across San Rafael Valley - Kristi Noem waived environmental laws for project</p><p>Fisher Sand &amp; Gravel worked on Steve Bannon's 2019 'We Build the Wall' project that resulted in criminal convictions</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SteveBannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteveBannon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bannon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WeBuildTheWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeBuildTheWall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FisherSand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FisherSand</span></a>&amp;Gravel <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Noem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Noem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BorderWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BorderWall</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061325_fisher_border_wall/trump-allied-company-wins-309-million-contract-build-border-wall-across-san-rafael-valley/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor</span><span class="invisible">t/061325_fisher_border_wall/trump-allied-company-wins-309-million-contract-build-border-wall-across-san-rafael-valley/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>&quot;While I don&#39;t think LA is a distraction from the Big Ugly <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Bill" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bill</span></a>, I do think the challenges they face passing the Big Ugly are why they ratcheted up <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>immigration</span></a> chaos to help pass it. Miller &amp; others have repeatedly said you need to pass it bc of LA.&quot;<br />-M Wheeler</p><p>&quot;Stunning how badly Trump &amp; the Rs have lost the debate on what their RECO bill will do. From new CBS/YouGov polling:&quot;<br />-S Rosenberg<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Detention" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Detention</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BorderWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BorderWall</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> ... costs<br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NoKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NoKings</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Ed Wilk 🇺🇦🌵<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/laikenjordahl.bsky.social/post/3lqxu2l7qwc23" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/laikenjordahl</span><span class="invisible">.bsky.social/post/3lqxu2l7qwc23</span></a></p><p>Helped with a couple projects with eco co-operators down there. The video of the border road of course doesn't really give a good sense of the place, and was surprised that there are few good photos I could find. This one the best scrolling through a couple pages.</p><p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/sloalan/50347237377/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">flickr.com/photos/sloalan/5034</span><span class="invisible">7237377/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChunderRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChunderRoad</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/borderwall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>borderwall</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sanrafaelvalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanrafaelvalley</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>&quot;The House GOP unveiled its budget recon bill -contains🚨$46.5B for building new border wall -nearly 3x as much as Trump spent on wall during his 1st term. That&#39;d be enough💰to fund the IMM courts for 55 years.&quot;<br />-A R-Melnick<br />(Trump&#39;s laid off or rec resignations from &gt;24 IMM judges.)</p><p>&quot;Recon bill: doesn&#39;t incl <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICE</span></a>: J Jordan&#39;s HJC gets to do that on Wed.</p><p>- $46.5B for <a href="https://toad.social/tags/borderwall" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>borderwall</span></a><br />- $5B for CBP facilities<br />- $4.1B for 3,000 new BP agents, 5,000 CBP officers&quot;<br />-A Isacson</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a> unveiled their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomelandSecurity</span></a> budget reconciliation bill late Sunday night.</p><p>It contains $46.5 BILLION for building the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BorderWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BorderWall</span></a> — nearly 3x as much as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> spent on the wall in his first term.</p><p>That would be enough money to fund the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> for 55 yrs straight.</p><p>$5B for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBP</span></a> facilities<br>$4.1B for 3k new BP agents &amp; 5k CBP officers</p><p>It does not include a budget for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a>. That gets decided by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JimJordan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimJordan</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> Cmte on Wed.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DHS_reconciliation.xml_.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">homeland.house.gov/wp-content/</span><span class="invisible">uploads/2025/04/DHS_reconciliation.xml_.pdf</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Trump has urged Congress to authorize an🚨additional $175B for border sec. In the coming months, border towns in TX &amp; AZ will receive more grants to fund &amp; equip police patrols. New wall CONST projects will fill border communities with workers who eat at restaurants, shop in stores &amp; NG deployments will add to local economies.</p><p>But the biggest needs in the communities on the TX-MX border are drinking water, INFRA, HC, hospitals...</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/BorderWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BorderWall</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-border-security-spending-texas-arizona" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/trump-b</span><span class="invisible">order-security-spending-texas-arizona</span></a></p>
Ron Sparks 🇨🇦 #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦<p>I don't care what Mexico says. I'm not listening to them until they finish paying for the wall Donald Trump didn't build! <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23borderwall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#borderwall</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23uspoli" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#uspoli</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23donaldtrump" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#donaldtrump</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23potus" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#potus</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23buildthewall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#buildthewall</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mexico" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mexico</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23usmca" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#usmca</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23immigration" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ice" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ice</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23dhs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dhs</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23trump" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23usa" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#usa</a><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ifwqmdmdbj4wjyp6mtkdolue/post/3lmsuuhkbu22l" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ifwqmdmdbj4wjyp6mtkdolue/post/3lmsuuhkbu22l</a></p>
1337 $#!+ I did that<p>Hard facts for both <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a>. I live in San Diego area and have long been involved in water safety activism in our dangerous deserts. This is security theater. Land crossings are very low in the sector. In fact, the border wall has been very, very effective since the Obama administration and Tom Homen largely secured it. Which of course means, people come by boat. The Pacific Ocean, boats land from Pacific Beach in SD to Santa Barbara! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/borderwall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>borderwall</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/trump-military-control-us-mexico-border" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/12/trump-military-control-us-mexico-border</span></a></p>
My camera shoots fascists<p>Muro Loco / Wall Crazy</p><p>Trump-1-era fence in front of Obama-era fence, creating a void that migrants sometimes get caught in when the get through the barbed wire of the first fence, but can't scale the second one. <br> <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MuroLoco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuroLoco</span></a><br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Border</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BorderWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BorderWall</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a></p>
My camera shoots fascists<p>After getting back from paragliding in Colombia a week ago, I couldn't wait to get back to the border. After spending the night at the asylum seeker aid camp, I went around the mountains to the Nogales side and got a whole bunch more <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MuroLoco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuroLoco</span></a> / Wall Crazy shots. </p><p>I'll be adding a bunch more soon.</p><p>The front fence is from the last Trump administration. The one behind is (I'm pretty sure) left over from the Obama administration. Note how much U.S. territory has been ceded to Mexico or become no-one's land between the fences.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BorderWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BorderWall</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a></p>