D.C. residents urge Councilmembers to protect and restore funding that immigrants depend on
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At a time when D.C. immigrant communities are facing escalating federal attacks and growing threats to their safety, stability, and access to essential services, the Mayor’s proposed FY27 budget fails to meet the moment. Instead of strengthening the systems immigrant families rely on, the proposed budget makes harmful cuts and continues a pattern of underinvestment in Black and brown working-class communities.
The proposed budget would severely undermine essential services that immigrant communities across D.C. depend on to stay safe and stable by:
- Cutting the Access to Justice Initiative by 86%, threatening critical legal representation and support for immigrants facing deportation, family separation, and other legal crises.
- Reducing victim services and domestic violence housing programs, weakening access to safe housing, legal services, interpretation, and trauma-informed support for survivors.
- Failing to fully restore the DC Healthcare Alliance after last year’s harmful cuts, continuing to limit affordable healthcare access for immigrant residents.
D.C. has the resources to invest in its residents yet continues to prioritize austerity over equitable revenue solutions that could strengthen the social safety net and reduce inequality.
That’s why the D.C. Council must act. Councilmembers have the power to reject these harmful cuts and fully restore funding for the programs that immigrant communities rely on.
Use this form to urge your Councilmembers to protect and restore the essential services immigrant communities across D.C. depend on to survive and thrive
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