Posted on 09/25/2026 4:49:03 PM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday ordered the cancellation of $810 million in congressionally appropriated funding, including large sums meant for illegal immigrants and race-focused programs, in the second “pocket” rescission in 49 years, The Post has learned.
The action eliminates 11 pools of unspent money at seven federal departments and agencies as part of a drive by fiscal hawks to whittle down executive-branch expenses.
“In accordance with… the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report 11 rescissions of budget authority, totaling $810 million,” Trump wrote in a notice to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
“The proposed rescissions affect programs of the Departments of Commerce, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, and Justice, as well as for International Assistance Programs.”
A pocket rescission is a proposed cancelation of congressionally mandated spending that occurs so late in the federal fiscal year that it takes effect regardless of legislative pushback. It is legally controversial because Congress otherwise has 45 days to consider the action.
With just five days before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, the White House Office of Management and Budget identified areas where funds arguably are no longer needed or contrary to Trump’s policies.
The largest pot — $567 million appropriated for HHS to provide social services to illegal immigrants, including through grants to non-government organizations — was deemed to be no longer necessary because of the near-elimination of illegal border crossings in the past year.
Some of the organizations that had received funds through the program drew controversy over their political connections to Democrats and their alleged tolerance of child abuse.
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Thank you very much and God bless you,
Jim
me too
great news
Yay!!! More!!
“...a drive by fiscal hawks to whittle down executive-branch expenses.”
How about a “Drive” to save our nation from invaders that WE are paying with OUR tax money?
wonderful news!
Trump’s pocket rescission eliminates 11 pools of unspent
tax dollars at seven federal depts and agencies:
<><>the Dept of Commerce,
<><>Dept of Education,
<><>Health and Human Services,
<><>Homeland Security,
<><>Housing and Urban Development,
<><>DOJ
<><>and “International Assistance Programs.”
Good News.
Tired, tired, tired of the government taking my money and giving it to people who are ruining my nation.
Biden era public policy targeted an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. (which was also the target population in the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 introduced at the start of the Biden administration).
FEMA and Migrant Funding: Programs like the Shelter and Services Program (SSP)—administered by FEMA and funded via congressional reallocations from Customs and Border Protection distributed over $1 billion collectively
<><>to local communities
<><>to non-profits assisting migrants.
Direct allocations were split among 11 distinct federal agencies.
Right now leftist federal judges are parachuting in to overrule thus order.
THIS is what I voted for. If you cant get rid of them all, at least cut them off..that way they will have no reason to be here, once the freebies are cut off they will leave
Nice move by the President!
“Trump wrote in a notice to House Speaker Mike Johnson”
Any slap to the face of RINOs is not hard enough, but this is a start.
👍
Wining over whining and hand wringing!
I VOTED FOR THAT!
More ICE PLEASE!
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