Overview

• The Senate parliamentarian ruled several cost-cutting provisions, including $250 billion in Medicaid cuts, violated procedures and forced Republicans to reshape the package.
• At a White House event, Trump and Border Czar Tom Homan highlighted the need to finish the border wall and strengthen enforcement measures.
• The bill would hire 10,000 additional deportation officers, add 5,000 Border Patrol agents and expedite at least 1 million deportations per year.
• It also includes tax cuts, vouchers for homeschooling and private religious education, and deductions for tips and farm equipment, while critics warn of its debt impact.
• Families of victims killed by illegal immigrants joined the push, and Trump said funding would curb fentanyl trafficking by charging Mexico, Canada and China billions in border taxes.