AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Trump cuts nearly $1 billion from DEI and illegal immigrant programs with rare pocket rescission
President Trump canceled nearly $1 billion in leftover federal funding Friday night, targeting DEI programs and aid for illegal immigrants in a rare pocket rescission that has drawn sharp pushback. The White House moved Friday evening to strip back $810 million in unspent money already approved by Congress, hitting immigration and refugee accounts, foreign debt-relief […] The post Trump cuts nearly $1 billion from DEI and illegal immigrant programs with rare pocket rescission appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump canceled nearly $1 billion in leftover federal funding Friday night, targeting DEI programs and aid for illegal immigrants in a rare pocket rescission that has drawn sharp pushback. The White House moved Friday evening to strip back $810 million in unspent money already approved by Congress, hitting immigration and refugee accounts, foreign debt-relief efforts, grants for minority-owned businesses, and assorted research and education programs. Washington Examiner reporting described the action as a “pocket” rescission, only the second such move in 50 years, and the second issued by Trump in his second term. Officials said most of the canceled dollars had been rooted in aiding illegal immigrants or propping up diversity,…Open
