From The Hill newspaper,
The protests in Los Angeles over the White House’s deportation efforts are providing a boost to the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” as members come under pressure to approve fresh immigration enforcement funding or risk appearing on the side of California Democrats.
Apparently, the BBB is so big that buried within it are big $ for the border. The Hill reports,
The bill includes $46.5 billion to beef up the border wall, with $4.1 billion also going towards hiring 3,000 new Border Patrol agents and 5,000 new customs officers. More than $2 billion is included for signing and retention bonuses.
On top of that, the legislation includes an additional $1,000 fee for individuals filing for asylum in the U.S.
Another border-related provision buried in the BBB is a new tax on remittances. From the Tax Foundation,
One piece of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” passed by the House of Representatives on May 22 is a new 3.5 percent excise tax on remittances: non-commercial transfers of money from people working in the US to people abroad (for instance, family members).
I think that I finally discovered a tax that I like.
