Trump cancels $811M via pocket rescission, Khasokhas reports
The cuts hit immigrant services, education, housing counseling and international aid programs days before the fiscal year ends.
According to Khasokhas, President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the cancellation of $811 million in budget authority already approved by Congress, using a “pocket rescission” in what the outlet described as only the second such move in 49 years. Khasokhas reports the order eliminates 11 unobligated funding accounts across seven federal departments and agencies, affecting programs tied to undocumented immigrants, race and diversity, education, housing, justice, homeland security, commerce, health and human services, and international assistance. The largest cut, the outlet says, is $567 million from HHS social services delivered through NGOs to immigrants without legal status, with the administration citing a sharp drop in illegal border crossings. Khasokhas also lists cuts to foreign education programs, HUD housing counseling grants, a migrant-student initiative, Justice Department community relations work, and a tropical forest and coral reef climate program. The outlet notes the pocket-rescission process is legally disputed, with GAO calling it illegal while the administration claims constitutional authority.
Why it matters: For the DMV’s immigrant and policy communities, the target list matters: immigrant services, migrant-student initiatives, housing counseling, community-relations work and foreign education all appear in Khasokhas’ breakdown. It also puts a technical budgeting move into a bigger fight over money Congress had already approved.
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