Stop Republicans from Hiding $1 Billion for Trump's Ballroom in the ICE Funding Bill

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The Issue

Republicans are trying to sneak $1 billion for Trump's White House ballroom into a bill meant to fund immigration enforcement.

That's not security spending. That's a slush fund.

The Trump administration is pushing a $70 billion party-line bill to fund ICE and Customs and Border Protection through the rest of his presidency. Buried inside it: $1 billion for the Secret Service tied to the White House's East Wing "modernization project" — otherwise known as Trump's ballroom renovation. The administration claims the ballroom itself is being paid for by private donors. But taxpayers are being asked to cover $1 billion in "security infrastructure" for it.

This is the same project Sen. Elizabeth Warren says went from $200 million in donor money to $1 billion from taxpayers — snuck into a bill most Americans will never read.

Congress already handed ICE $75 billion last year with no meaningful oversight. Now Republicans want another $60 billion — again with no reforms — while padding the bill with a nine-figure renovation project for the president's personal use.

Taxpayers deserve better than backdoor bailouts dressed up as border security.

Sign this petition to demand Congress strip the ballroom funding from this bill and stop using immigration enforcement as cover for wasteful spending.

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