One immigration advocacy group is targeting Republicans with new ads that make a direct link between mass deportations and the programs that could be cut to pay for them.
The six-figure campaign from America’s Voice, shared with NOTUS ahead of its release on Tuesday, will air in 22 House districts. It emphasizes the high cost of President Donald Trump’s deportation policies — not to immigrants themselves, but to U.S. voters who could lose Medicaid benefits and other government aid while the administration spends billions at the border.
“Programs are going to have deep cuts to be able to give [Trump] the money that he wants to expand detention camps, to expand the detentions and deportations, and that is a cost that’s going to affect all families, not just immigrant families,” Vanessa Cárdenas, executive director of America’s Voice, told NOTUS. “The money has to come from somewhere.”