MJF Statement
Passage of Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” and the Crisis It Creates for Working Families
Muslims for Just Futures is deeply concerned and outraged following the House passage of Trump’s devastating “One Big Beautiful Bill”—now set to become law. Passed by a thin margin in both chambers of Congress, this $3.4 trillion package represents a catastrophic assault on working families, immigrants, and the foundational supports that millions of Americans rely on. Within just six months of Trump’s return to power, we are witnessing the brutal reality of the Project 2025 agenda: a fascist blueprint that guts the social safety net while supercharging state violence and corporate greed.
This bill slashes over $1 trillion from life-saving programs like Medicaid, SNAP, and public health services—an unprecedented act of divestment from working-class communities. According to the Congressional Budget Office, nearly 17 million people will lose access to healthcare or subsidies over the next decade. Meanwhile, the wealthiest 0.1% of Americans will receive tens of thousands in tax breaks annually, all while the legislation adds a staggering $4 trillion to the national debt.
This is not a recovery plan. It’s a war on the poor while expanding criminalization, cages, and militarism.
Among its most extreme provisions, the new law will:
Cut off access to Medicaid, SNAP, and CHIP for immigrants
Increase ICE’s detention budget by 1,300%
Impose massive fees on asylum and family reunification applications
Authorize military detention of immigrants
Strip protections from children in custody
Deny the Child Tax Credit to over 2.6 million U.S. citizen children
Trump and congressional Republicans have chosen to fund cages over care, punishment over possibility. This bill does not serve the American people—it destroys our communities.
Now that this legislation is law, our fight shifts to holding lawmakers accountable, defending and investing in community care, community defense, organizing and mutual aid infrastructure. We urge our communities to invest and support local organizing and mutual aid infrastructure. Now more than ever, community is our best defense.
