President Donald Trump's budget lays out plans to cut funding for several federal programs and services that incentivize illegal immigration, Blaze News has exclusively learned.
Illegal immigration was a focal point of Trump's campaign and is now a focal point of his presidency. With border crossings now reaching record lows, Trump is aiming to defund the "invasion" altogether by cutting taxpayer programs his administration says incentivizes illegal immigration, according to a memo obtained exclusively by Blaze News. These include programs that de-emphasize the importance of the English language and provide special taxpayer-funded, liberally tinged education to illegal migrants.
The president's budget is independent from the House and the Senate's efforts and negotiations, but it serves as a signal and a blueprint for the White House's priorities.
By eliminating these programs, Trump's budget will actively disincentivize illegal immigration and simultaneously save Americans over $5.6 billion.
"President Trump is committed to eliminating the funding of our own invasion," the memo, obtained by Blaze News, reads. "The President's FY 2026 Budget fully funds a strong border, mass deportation, and stops the endless stream of benefits to illegal aliens given preference over American citizens."
Trump's budget would eliminate the English Language Acquisition program, which promotes "educational equity" and touts multilingualism as opposed to encouraging English as the United States' primary language, according to the memo. Under former President Joe Biden's administration, this program was used to fund education for illegal aliens while "simultaneously promoting divisive ideological indoctrination in the classroom." Cutting this program alone would save the taxpayer $890 million.
Other "educational" programs on the chopping block include the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act grant program and the Migrant Education and Special Programs for Migrant Students, saving Americans $729 million and $428 million, respectively. These programs provide various educational services to illegal aliens, oftentimes encouraging "radical diversity, equity, and inclusion," or DEI.
Trump's budget would also eliminate the Department of Homeland Security Shelter and Services Program, which the White House charges "massively facilitated illegal migration" by providing transportation and shelter to illegal aliens in Democrat-run sanctuary cities and states, saving taxpayers $650 million. The budget would also eliminate another $3.5 billion in Migration and Refugee Assistance, which the Biden Department of State used to facilitate illegal migration on the premise of a "mostly bogus refugee status."
By eliminating these programs, Trump's budget would both actively disincentivize illegal immigration and simultaneously save Americans over $5.6 billion.
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President Donald Trump is officially 100 days into his second term, and many of his allies have celebrated the milestone as a roaring success.
Despite criticism from his political and media adversaries, Trump takes pride in his 100-day sprint, and Republican lawmakers are riding the momentum.
'He took the bull by the horns.'
"Well, I think either we've done everything, or it's in the process of being done," Trump told reporters Tuesday.
House Republicans are messaging in lockstep with the administration, sharing the president's enthusiasm in exclusive interviews with Blaze News.
"The first 100 days of President Trump can be summed up in one slogan: promises made and promises kept," Republican Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina told Blaze News. "It’s like a veil has been lifted from this country.”
"I think it’s been the best presidency that I’ve seen in my lifetime," Republican Rep. Eric Burlison of Missouri told Blaze News. "We’ve had four years to kind of plan and strategize what he would do when he returns, and we’re seeing the fruits of that."
One frequently referenced victory has been the southern border, which has seen record-low encounters with illegal aliens under the Trump administration. Between the inauguration and April 1, only nine illegal aliens were released back into the country, compared to the 184,000 illegal aliens released under former President Joe Biden during the same time frame last year, according to press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
'President Trump is fulfilling his promises, but the accomplishment to me is the rate he’s doing it.'
“The border security is incredible," Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia told Blaze News. "It’s historic. And we have a lot of thanks that goes to President Trump, as well as Tom Homan."
“To do that in these first 100 days has been absolutely phenomenal," Republican Rep. Mark Harris of North Carolina told Blaze News. “He took the bull by the horns."
The numbers paint a very clear, indisputable picture on immigration. However, other areas like the economy have been swirling with controversy in recent weeks with ongoing trade wars and market uncertainty. Many critics, particularly in the media, have rushed to call the economy a failure. Despite their doom and gloom, the Trump administration and his supporters on the Hill remain confident.
'We have a long way to go, but he’s only been in office 100 days.'
"We were losing billions and billions of dollars a day with trade, and now I have that down to a very low level, and soon we're going to be making a lot of money," Trump told reporters Tuesday.
The consensus among Republicans was that Trump's presidency was not only a success but also impressively efficient.
"President Trump is fulfilling his promises, but the accomplishment to me is the rate he’s doing it," Republican Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois told Blaze News. "He was working on his transition team before he was even elected so he could hit the ground running, and that's what he’s done."
"He came in with the best Cabinet that I think we’ve ever seen," Burlison added. "He came in, and he got them appointed quickly, and he came in with a ton of executive orders."
While Republicans enjoy the successes of the first 100 days, lawmakers are tasked with maintaining the winning streak. The House and Senate are officially back in session after a two-week recess, and reconciliation talks are resuming.
“We have a long way to go, but he’s only been in office 100 days," Norman told Blaze News.
"I’m very excited about it," Miller said. "I think we have momentum building to pass this one big, beautiful bill."
While lawmakers in the House and Senate continue to iron out reconciliation talks, Republicans have maintained that Trump policies, such as no tax on tips, are a non-negotiable.
'Congress is not on page with President Trump, and I think that's a serious problem.'
“No tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on social security," Greene told Blaze News. "These were President Trump’s campaign promises that he said over and over again, promising the American people, and these are the promises that Congress has to deliver.”
Spending cuts have also remained a top priority despite the negative press from the legacy media surrounding Elon Musk and DOGE's efforts.
"It’s not going to be easy, but it’s like the cancer patient who’s taking the medicine that’s bitter," Norman told Blaze News. "I’m sorry, but if it will help you and cure the cancer, then we do it. And the cancer in this country has been overspending, and we’re going to fix it.”
"We’re at $37 trillion in debt," Burlison added. "We have a $2-trillion-a-year annual deficit. If we grow that, I can’t live with myself."
'We’ve gotta make sure we do government differently.'
Although some Republicans say we are on track, others are not confident that Congress will stay on course.
"Congress is not on page with President Trump, and I think that's a serious problem," Greene told Blaze News.
“If Congress does not deliver on these important campaign promises of President Trump, we’re gonna lose the midterms," Greene added. “It would be such a failure of a Republican-controlled Congress not to deliver on the mandate, the historic mandate, that was given in November.”
Although there are some concerns that Congress will return to old spending habits, Trump remains optimistic about reconciliation.
"If we get that done, that's the biggest thing. ... And I think we're going to get it done," Trump told reporters Tuesday. "We have great Republican support."
"We’ve gotta make sure we do government differently," Harris said. “We’ve gotta stay the course that we’ve started.”
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Trump and Congress can help rein in waste and government overreach by putting an end to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
'It is about government overreach and squandering money on a failed and illegally run program,' said landowner Jett Ferebee.
Mandatory spending programs all operate on autopilot, meaning DOGE cannot truly restrain their growth absent action from Congress.
The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency has referred 57 cases of potential voter fraud to the DOJ, an official told NBC News.
'Here is yet another reason why New York State should require identification to vote,' U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y. said.
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