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For Immediate Release – May 22, 2025

GOP Bill Squeezes Working and Poor Americans to Fund Billionaire Tax Cuts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) today voted against the Republican budget reconciliation bill that cuts deeply from programs working Americans rely on in order to fund tax giveaways to the billionaires and corporations. The bill, which adds nearly $4 trillion to the national debt, passed by a narrow party line margin. It now goes to the U.S. Senate where Republicans have already expressed opposition.

“The way Congressional Republicans conduct business in the dead of night matches the way they approach policy that harms their own constituents – it’s absolutely asinine,” Rep. Horsford said. “Nevadans deserve a government that prioritizes public health, food security, community safety, education and a dignified retirement for all who earn it. Instead, Republicans just stiffed the Silver State, and every state, with a bill to pay off their billionaire campaign donors and corporate backers.”

Nevada will be hit particularly hard if the Republican bill becomes law. Medicaid cuts alone could impact 811,000 residents in the Silver State, which will have to either add $6.7 billion to the state budget, or kick hundreds of thousands of people off their coverage.

In Nevada’s 4^th Congressional District alone, 241,668 people receive medical coverage through Medicaid. The latest estimates are that more than 21,000 of them will lose coverage, along with more than 5,000 who will lose the coverage they now have from the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Horsford offered an amendment to extend a tax credit to lower ACA healthcare premiums across America, including nearly 100,000 Nevadans. House Republicans rejected the amendment on a party-line vote.

Additionally, SNAP food assistance cuts could impact 109,000 Nevadans, including 33,000 people in the 4^th Congressional District.

The bill adds nearly $4 trillion to the national debt to help pay for tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy: 60 percent of the tax benefits will go to the top 20 percent of households. Meanwhile, due to Trump’s blanket tariffs, households will lose $2,800.

“The cruelty of this bill is spelled out in staggering numbers, but it isn’t law yet,” Rep. Horsford continued. “The power in American democracy has always been with the people, and now more than ever, lawmakers need a reminder of who they work for.”

Rep. Horsford raised alarms early about Republican budget plans, devoting his annual address to the Nevada State Legislature on February 19, 2025 to the threat of Medicaid cuts as the Republican budget took shape.

Over the past three months, he has worked with constituents, advocates, and lawmakers to elevate the real-world harm the cuts would inflict on Nevadans, and published an op-ed warning that Republicans were closer than ever to making the cuts a reality.

When the bill came up for consideration in the Ways and Means Committee that Horsford serves on, he led committee Democrats in submitting amendments that would benefit working class Americans. During the nearly 18-hour meeting that lasted through the night on May 13, 2025, Republicans voted down every single one of the 38 amendments offered.

Horsford continued his opposition in the House Rules Committee, testifying during a middle-of-the-night hearing about the bill’s failure to address key issues affecting Nevadans, including housing and veterans support.

Editorial Note – The proposed amendment by Rep Mark Amodei of Nevada to sell 500,000 acres of public lands in Utah and Nevada was removed from the bill before passage at the behest of Rep Ryan Zinke of Montana. This proposed land sale was impactful to the Virgin and Moapa Valleys and opposed by the Nevada Democratic Congressional delegation.

Assembly

AB73    This bill relates to campaign practices, requiring certain communications relating to an election that includes synthetic media (AI) must be disclosed. The bill was amended and passed as amended in the Assembly.

AB79    This bill relates to campaign finance. The bill prohibits a committee for political action from spending campaign contributions for personal use, including an elected public officer. On  4/22, the bill was amended and passed on the 3rd reading with 28 yeas and  14 nays. The bill moved to the Senate. On 5/13, it was heard in the Senate with no action. That means, the bill will still move forward.                                   

 AB81     Daylight Saving to change to Standard time bill was heard in the Senate on 5/13, no action was taken. This bill didn’t get a second hearing so now it has Failed. 

AB123     This bill relates to election communications, prohibiting a person during any speech or other communication made in the course of his or her political campaign from making threatening statements to end one’s life. Did get the required Second hearing. The bill will be moving forward.

 AB148     This bill relates to election deadline for a county or city clerk to distribute.

sample ballots. Final passage from the Assembly unanimously. On 5/15 the bill was heard in the Senate work session.

 AB176     This bill prohibits any government entity from substantially burdening certain activity relating to reproductive health. This bill did get the second reading, so it will move forward.

AB197      This bill relates to government administration requiring governmental entities to keep certain personal information of people in non profit organizations. On 4/22, the bill passed, with 41 yeas and 1nay1. On 5/7, the  Senate took no action. The bill moves forward.

AB235      This bill relates to health care providers that practice in reproductive health care or volunteer for a healthcare facility that provides services for reproductive health any provider of gender affirming care and the spouse, domestic partner or minor child’s personal records kept by the state to be kept confidential. This bill did get the second hearing and is now in the Senate.

AB343       This bill relates to hospital pricing of certain services.. This bill was heard on 5/15, which met the deadline. The bill was amended and referred to the Ways and Means committee.

AB346        End of Life. This bill did not get the required second hearing so it has Failed

Senate

SB74       This bill is a redo of many processes that need updating or cleaning up that hasn’t been done in years. The last action on this bill was on 4/21, the bill was amended and passed out of the work session. Now in the Assembly.

SB100        Establishes  provisions governing the performance of certain election duties in a timely manner and penalties. On 5/13, the Assembly heard the bill and amended it. On the third reading, the Senate passed the bill. Yeas 14 nays 7.

SB102         This bill prohibits a person from, with intent to defraud, knowingly creating, filing, or otherwise submitting certain documents relating to elections and prohibiting a person from creating or serving in a false slate of presidential electors or conspiring to create or to serve in a false slate of presidential electors. This bill passed the Assembly in a work session. On 5/15, the bill passed the Senate 13 yeas and 8 nays.  

SB217         IVF bill was amended and placed on the second reading where it was amended then moved to the Finance Committee.

SB352         Prohibits health insurers and providers from engaging in discriminatory actions. The bill passed the Assembly Yeas 16and 4 nays. It is Now in the Senate.

ARJ 1 Proposes to amend the State Constitution to revise provisions relating to the assessment and taxation of real property which is sold or transferred. In a Senate hearing on 5/16 in a work session it was passed out without recommendations. That means legislators approved it moving forward in the process but didn’t necessarily support it.

The above listed bills are the bills that I will follow until the end of the session, so more updates will be coming. The session is almost done; June 2 is a hard stop. I do anticipate a special session because of the budget, which is my opinion only.

Below are some bills that I have gotten information on from other news organizations including Native Voters Alliance, Review Journal, Nevada Independent, Nevada Current  and immediate press releases.

(1) For Immediate Release

May 13, 2025

Horsford Bill Passes Divided U.S. House with Bipartisan Support. 

Legislation Will Expand Local Control, Diversify Economy & Increase Economic Growth in North Las Vegas.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) released the following statement today as the U.S. House of Representatives passed his Apex Area Technical Corrections Act by a unanimous vote.

Rep. Horsford authored the legislation to allow Clark County to acquire certain federal land (referred to as the Apex Site) for industries that generate hazardous by-products. 

“I’m thrilled to see this divided Congress finding common cause to support my constituents in North Las Vegas,” Rep. Horsford said. “This vote is a resounding affirmation for our community to have the autonomy it needs to make critical investments without facing unnecessary hurdles from Washington. Allowing for local control of the Apex Site will mean more local jobs, more industries to work in, and more economic growth for our community.”

Today’s vote is a reflection of Rep. Horsford’s ability to work with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to advance priorities for Nevada’s 4th Congressional District.

Under Rep. Horsford’s legislation, the City of North Las Vegas would no longer need approval from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to further develop existing electric power, water, natural gas, telephone, railroad, and highway facilities on the Apex Site. 

(2) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 14th, 2025

Speaker Steve Yeager to present AB398 with a Conceptual Amendment Addressing Charter School Teacher Pay Raises

Carson City, NV –  On Thursday, May 15th Speaker Steve Yeager will present AB398 which provides additional compensation for hard to fill positions for Title 1 schools and special education teachers with a conceptual amendment addressing Charter School teacher pay raises.

Hearing Details:

Date: Thursday, May 15th 2025

Time: 8:00AM PST

Location: Assembly Ways and Means Committee – Nevada Legislature

Click here to view the agenda and for the link to view online.

Background:

Last week during the education budget closings, Speaker Yeager committed on the record to work on legislation to provide funding for charter school teacher pay raises. The amendment will mirror the language of SB231 from the 2023 session, which allocated funding for teacher and education support professional raises, but also required transparency and accountability. The SB231 money from the last session resulted in teacher pay raises of approximately 20% across all 17 school school districts.

This bill was heard in the Assembly May 15. 

(3) Competing plans test priorities for Nevada Schools

A Democrat-backed education proposal that maintains educator pay raises and tightens hiring processes for key school administrators will have its initial hearing Monday at the Nevada Legislature.

The wide-ranging Senate Bill 460, or the Education through Accountability, Transparency and Efficiency Act, is a 104-page piece of legislation sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, D-Las Vegas. The comprehensive measure also opens the possibility of school board takeovers and gives school districts the ability to object to charter school placements.

It requests $317 million in appropriations for its various proposals, with $250 million of that being to extend the raises lawmakers first passed in 2023.

“I believe wholeheartedly in the promise of public education, and that’s why I’m excited to introduce this bill. These reforms can improve outcomes for students, help us hire and retain great teachers and staff, and give parents more confidence in our educational system,” Cannizzaro said in a statement accompanying the bill filing last month. “We all agree that our kids deserve the best possible educational opportunities.

That means investing in classrooms while ensuring publicly funded schools are more transparent and accountable to deliver for students, parents and our community.”

The bill is heavy on school governance accountability and attracting and retaining staff.

On accountability, SB 460 introduces the concept of a School District Oversight Board, chaired by the governor, which can take over for a local school board if the board fails to follow “any state law.” The oversight board can exert power for up to 90 days at a time if the local board also does not provide a satisfactory corrective plan to the state.

SB 460 requires the state Board of Education to prepare a plan to improve achievement in English language arts, math and science in elementary schools.

Administrators who don’t reach goals for three consecutive years may receive school district support, and the school board will assess the principals’ performance – and potentially remove the principal or require them to reapply for their job.

On charter oversight, a provision of SB 460 allows school boards to object to the formation of a proposed charter school within its boundaries if the board determines that the charter’s academic, financial or organizational plans “do not meet the needs of the community.”

The State Public Charter School Authority would rule on the objections. Additionally, the bill adds school district representation to the authority — a school board member, a superintendent and a financial administrator.

And on private school oversight, the bill proposes requiring preschools with students who receive state-funded Opportunity Scholarships to complete demographic and enrollment reports on scholarship recipients, and ensure that recipients take the standardized exams given to public school students and report the results to the state.

The bill also gives the Clark County School District board members appointed by municipal governments voting powers.

Giving appointees the vote is being considered in a separate bill as well.

On staffing, the bill notably allocates $250 million to school districts to extend the teacher and support staff pay raises, matched with district funds and separately affirmed by lawmakers, as legislators granted in 2023.

For CCSD specifically, the bill requires the district and its teacher and administrator unions to negotiate a salary incentive program for teachers and principals who complete professional development or continuing education.

And on high-level hiring, SB 460 lays out minimum education and experience requirements for superintendent and chief financial officer applicants. Superintendent and CFO candidates for districts in the largest counties would need to be approved by the Nevada Department of Education before being hired. The Nevada Department of Education would also be able to fire superintendents, and appoint an interim leader, if at least 30% of their district’s schools are not demonstrating academic growth.

Cannizzaro and Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo have dueling omnibus bills before the 2025 Legislature to reform Nevada’s K-12 education system. Lombardo’s Assembly Bill 584, which was introduced Wednesday, contains items in common with Cannizzaro’s bill such as school board and principal accountability. The governor’s bill, however, is friendlier to charter schools and other school choice options. No hearing has been scheduled yet for AB 584.

Lombardo has indicated that charter schools were his line in the sand. When the Democrat-majority appropriations committees voted this month for a state education budget that only set aside money for the proposed educator raises to employees of school districts, Lombardo said he would reject the budget if it came to him without consideration for charter educators.

Charter schools are also public schools, with state oversight and funding but more flexibility and independence than traditional school districts.

“I’ve been clear and consistent on this. I will not sign an education budget that does not include equal pay for public charter school teachers and make teacher pay raises, including those for charter school teachers, permanent,” he responded in a statement.

“Further, I will veto any education budget bill that falls short of addressing a serious need for accountability, transparency and real parental choice. All 63 legislators have been aware of my position for months, and it is my expectation that they will pass a bill that improves education for all Nevada children.”

The message is apparently coming through — although it hasn’t been confirmed with any votes, a separate bill on pay for teachers in “hard-to-fill” positions from Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager, D-Las Vegas, now includes an amendment to set aside nearly $20 million for charter staff raises.

(4) On the National Front

Horsford Fights GOP Budget for Over 17 Hours

Lawmaker Offers Amendment After Amendment Highlighting Dangers of Planned Cuts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04), the Silver State’s sole lawmaker serving on the House Ways and Means Committee with jurisdiction over healthcare and taxes, today voted to protect his constituents – and all Nevadans – from a dangerous budget proposal that cuts deeply from programs working Americans rely on to fund tax giveaways to the billionaires.

While Horsford and every Ways and Means Democrat voted against moving the budget proposal out of committee, the proposal passed and now goes to the Congressional Budget Committee, where it will be combined with budget proposals from ten other committees before a vote by the full House.

Horsford offered five amendments during the marathon markup session that lasted seventeen-and-a-half hours:

Advanced Premium Tax Credit (APTC): A provision to make permanent the Advanced Premium Tax Credit. First introduced in the Affordable Care Act, expanded by the American Rescue Act, and extended through the end of 2025 by the Inflation Reduction Act, the APTC is a federal premium tax credit which has helped nearly 20 million Americans gain access to affordable health care coverage through the ACA marketplaces.

Veterans Housing Fund: A one percent surtax on the largest corporations to provide essential mental health services and housing opportunities for at-risk veterans.

Restoring Employment for Veterans: An amendment to ensure veterans who were recently laid off because of DOGE-led cuts to the federal workforce are included in the Workers Opportunity Tax Credit.

Tax Relief for New Businesses: An amendment to increase the startup tax deduction from $5,000 to $50,000 to help new businesses get off the ground and drive economic activity across the country.

Credit for Domestic Travel: With international travel down 20 percent since January, and consumer confidence at a 50-year low, this tax credit would incentivize domestic travel to support local economies that rely on tourism.

Each amendment was defeated by party line votes. Rep. Horsford released the following statement:

“The only reason to ram a bill through committee in the dead of night is to hide its impact from Nevadans and people across the country,” Rep. Horsford said. “This budget is a butcher’s block for the programs and benefits working Americans depend on, and a giveaway for the wealthiest among us. Nevadans are right to be wary of a plan that cuts Medicaid, Social Security, SNAP, education funding and much more, but this plan is still a long way from becoming law. I fought for more than seventeen hours today, and I’m just getting started.”

Nevada will be hit particularly hard if the Republican budget becomes law. Medicaid cuts alone could impact 811,000 residents in the Silver State, which will have to either add $6.7 billion to the state budget, or kick hundreds of thousands of people off their coverage, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, nearly 100,000 in Nevada’s 4^th Congressional District alone received medical coverage through Medicaid expansion, which is the funding being targeted for cuts. Additionally, approximately 33,000 people in the 4^th Congressional District, and 109,000 people statewide would be at risk of losing SNAP food assistance benefits.

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, if the APTC is not made permanent, residents in Nevada’s 4^th Congressional District could see an average premium increase between 150-200 percent. A 40-year-old making $31,000 per year would experience a $95 increase, from $58 to $153. And a 60-year-old couple making $82,000 per year would experience a $1,045 increase, from $581 to $1,626.

Key Budget Stats & Facts

• $5 trillion: Cost of Republican tax plan, mostly benefiting the wealthy.
• $1.8 trillion: Cost to extend 2017 law to 98% of Americans.
• 13.7 million: Estimated number of Americans losing coverage due to GOP health care cuts.
• $278,000/year: Average annual gain for the top 0.1% under GOP plan.
• $.75/day: Relief for families earning under $50K/year.
• Trump’s Tariff Tax: Costing American households an average of $2,800/year in higher prices.
• Americans for Tax Fairness has reported that Trump’s tariff tax has already cost American households $14 billion

This is a press release dated May 19, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) released the following statement after news broke Sunday that former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

“My thoughts are with President Biden and his entire family during this very difficult time,” Rep. Horsford said. “Through nearly 55 years of public service, the former President has shown every American what perseverance over adversity looks like. We know the grit that Joe Biden is made of, and we know he will fight this diagnosis with the grace he has brought to every challenge in his life.”

Beginning in 2016, then-Vice President Joe Biden spearheaded a Cancer Moonshot “to eliminate cancer as we know it”. The initiative, which came one year after the loss of Biden’s son Beau to brain cancer, brought together patients, advocates, researchers, and clinicians to address cancer with the resources available across government, academia, and the private sector. President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot is credited with expanding prevention drives, developing new technologies to characterize tumors and test treatments, and redoubling efforts to understand the leading causes of childhood cancers, and much more.

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This is a press release issued by Native Voters Alliance Nevada on May 7, 2025

THIS PROPOSED LAND GRAB INTRODUCED INTO THE RECONCILIATION BILL AFFECTS THE VIRGIN AND MOAPA VALLEYS

Tens of thousands of Acres in Clark, Washoe, and Fernley Targeted in Last-Minute Federal Amendment

**CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FEDERAL LAND DISPOSAL MAPS REQUESTED BY REPRESENTATIVES AMODEI AND MALLOY***

NEVADA — Just before midnight, Reps. Amodei (NV) and Malloy (UT) introduced a surprise amendment to a sweeping budget reconciliation bill mandating the sell-off of public lands. The move bypassed standard procedures, limited debate, and appeared timed to avoid public scrutiny. Newly released maps confirm the proposal targets areas near Avi Kwa Ame and Gold Butte, an estimated 12,000 acres in Fernley—including land that borders the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation—and an estimated 15,000 acres in Washoe County. Even more land is flagged as “eligible for disposal” in future federal land management plans.

Taylor Patterson, Executive Director of Native Voters Alliance Nevada, issued the following statement:

“Let’s call this what it is: a coordinated land grab. It was planned behind closed doors, dropped at midnight, and aimed directly at Tribal homelands.

“We’ve seen the maps. This isn’t theoretical. It is targeted. Lands near Avi Kwa Ame and Gold Butte are in the crosshairs. So are scattered parcels across Clark County. In Fernley, the disposal zone pushes right up against the boundary of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, a calculated move that shows how close they’re willing to get.

“These are not excess acres. These are Native lands. And the people advancing this know exactly what they are doing. This is the same story our people have lived through for generations. Erase us, sell what is left, and pretend it was never ours. But it was. And it still is.

“Every inch being sold off was cared for by our people long before this government existed. These lands do not belong to Congress. They belong to the generations who bled, prayed, and survived on them.

“Once land is gone, it is gone. Fences go up. Access disappears. The connection between people and place is severed.

“If you are Indigenous, this is your fight. If you care about public land, clean water, access, or cultural survival, this is your fight too. Because this amendment is not a policy tweak. It is a warning shot. If they can carve up our homelands in silence, they will do it again. And again. Unless we stop them.”

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Legislative Report for 4/5/2025

Source is Nevada Economic Forum, this is an AI generated summary of the report:

On May 1st, 2025, the Nevada Economic Forum released updated revenue projections for the upcoming 2025-2027 biennial budget, which the legislature will use to finalize the state budget. Here’s a breakdown of the fiscal analysis as of that date:

Key Findings:

• Lower Revenue Projections: The Economic Forum projected approximately $191 million less in general fund revenue for the next two-year budget cycle compared to their previous forecast in December 2024. This represents a 1.6 percent reduction.
• Significant Impact on Education Funding: The State Education Fund is expected to see a decrease of nearly $160 million from prior projections. This contributes to a total decrease of approximately $350 million in anticipated state funds.
• Reasons for Downgrade: Economists cited concerns about a potential economic slowdown due to the Trump administration’s trade policies, particularly impacting tourism from Canada, as well as a potentially strained labor force amid reduced immigration and modest gains in unemployment.
• Sales Tax Decline: A significant portion of the lower revenue projection is attributed to a decrease in sales tax revenue, which was down 3.2 percent compared to the same point last year.
• Impact on Budgeting: The reduced revenue forecast is expected to lead to budget cuts and could result in the failure of legislative bills with significant price tags.
• Education Funding Concerns: The substantial drop in projected education funding raises questions about potential expansions to education programs in the coming biennium. Governor Lombardo’s proposed budget had relatively flat per-pupil funding for the next fiscal year, with a slight increase in FY 2027, but this new forecast puts further pressure on education funding.
• Increased Unemployment Forecast: The Governor’s Finance Office projects that the state’s unemployment rate will rise from 5.69% to 6.55% in the next fiscal year before slightly recovering.
• Decline in Tourism: Visitor volume is also expected to decrease by 4.4% in FY 2026 before a slight rebound in the following year.

Legislative Activity:

• Legislative budget committees had been working to close budgets in anticipation of the Economic Forum’s May 1st projections.
• There were disparities between the Governor’s recommendations and legislative proposals in certain areas, such as funding for the Nevada Knowledge Account.

Overall Outlook:

The fiscal analysis released on May 1st, 2025, paints a concerning picture for Nevada’s upcoming budget cycle. The lower revenue projections, driven by economic uncertainty and declining sales tax, will likely force lawmakers to make difficult decisions regarding budget allocations and potentially scale back or eliminate some planned initiatives. The significant shortfall in projected education funding is a particular area of concern.

It’s important to note that the May 1st forecast from the Economic Forum is the final official revenue estimate that the Legislature must use to balance the budget for the next two fiscal years (2025-2027

Nevada State Democratic Party spokesperson Tai Sims: 

“In an economy that is already struggling under Joe Lombardo, Donald Trump’s reckless tariffs and Elon Musk’s erratic DOGE cuts are devastating working families’ budgets, harming businesses, and forcing the state to contend with sharp declines in revenue projections. With Lombardo’s encouragement, Trump’s reckless tariffs and economic policies are going to force painful budget decisions on the state all the while costing Nevadans jobs and leading to higher costs and less money in people’s pockets.”

Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro released the following statement after the Legislature’s Economic Forum projected a nearly $200 million drop in state general fund revenues over the next two years. Economists said that the drop in revenue is a direct result of the damage that the Trump administration’s chaotic economic and trade policies are doing to Nevada’s economy. Today’s projections reflect changes in economic circumstances since the Economic Forum last met in December 2024. 

“The Trump administration’s reckless economic policies are damaging Nevada’s economy, leaving us with a new $200 million gap in the state budget,” said Leader Cannizzaro. “Trump’s trade wars are killing American consumer confidence, reducing both domestic and international tourism to the state, and driving up prices for ordinary Nevadans. Today’s revenue projections show that our economy is now slowing with the potential for job losses and higher inflation on the horizon. Over the remaining few weeks of the session, Senate Democrats will work to minimize the damage and the impact on vital educational, health care, and social services that Nevadans need.” 

For more coverage and analysis, here is an article in the Nevada Independent and The Nevada Current.

I did not write the following. I only wish I had. I came across it on Quora.com. It was posted as a set of screen shots and the original author was not identified. But I would like to commend whoever wrote this.

“They said they were the law.

They said they had a warrant.

They didn’t have the right house.

They didn’t care.

On Thursday, April 24, 2025, in a quiet neighborhood in Oklahoma City, a U.S. citizen named Marisa and her three daughters were violently pulled from sleep by men claiming to be federal agents. ICE. The FBI. The U.S. Marshals. The names shifted, the threats didn’t. They ordered the family out of bed and out of their home – into the cold morning rain – in their undergarments. Rifles trained. Questions barked. No time to dress. No concern that one of the girls was a minor. No pause to reconsider the name on the warrant that didn’t match anyone who lived there. The family had only just moved in two weeks prior.

The men ransacked the house. They took every phone, every laptop, and the family’s life savings in cash — money they’d carried across the country to start over. When Marisa, drenched and humiliated, begged for her phone back so she could find food for her kids, one of the men looked at her and said, with all the smugness of a man who knows he’ll never be held accountable, “I know it was a little rough this morning.”

And then they left.

No names.

No paperwork.

No receipts.

No apologies.

The FBI says it wasn’t them. The U.S. Marshals say the same. ICE has remained silent. Not a single agency will claim responsibility for the raid. No one will explain why the family was targeted, why their possessions were taken, why their rights were trampled. No one has told Marisa how to get her property back. She doesn’t even know which office to call. Her children, once asleep in what they thought was a safe new home, now live with fear that the men will return.

And while all of this unfolded — while a mother and her daughters were treated like fugitives in their own home — another story broke. A different crisis. One that drew national headlines and an immediate law enforcement response.

Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, had her purse stolen at a restaurant in Washington, D.C. A Gucci bag, reportedly containing $3,000 in cash, medications, apartment keys, and her DHS badge, was snatched from beneath her chair. Within hours, two suspects were arrested. The media ran with it. The system worked.

Statements were made. Justice was served. Noem got her purse back.

Marisa is still waiting.

This country protected Kristi Noem’s purse with more urgency than it protected Marisa’s children. It mobilized for luxury leather, but turned its back on a family stripped of dignity, security, and constitutional protection. One woman got swift justice. The other got soaked, robbed, and forgotten.

And make no mistake: this was not a bureaucratic slip-up. This was a test. A flex.

A soft rollout of unchecked power. What happened to Marisa was not just illegal – it was strategic. These were not mistakes. These were messages. That no one is safe. That citizenship means nothing. That the agents of the state can barge in, terrorize a family, take what they want, and vanish – and the country will yawn and move on.

Ask yourself: if Marisa had stood her ground, would she be alive? If her daughter had screamed or resisted, would they be burying her? If this had happened to Kristi Noem’s family, would Congress be holding hearings?

Of course they would. Because in Trump’s America, power protects power. Purses are prioritized. Mothers are expendable.

They took Marisa’s belongings. They left the trauma. And they are betting no one will make noise about it.”

You can read about this incident here:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/us-citizen-family-traumatized-ice-raid-rcna203700