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Here’s a roundup of the harm attributed to President Trump today (July 23, 2025):
📢 1. Withholding Education Funding
Trump’s administration is withholding $5.5 billion in education aid that Congress already approved for July disbursement—potentially undermining schools and essential student services nationwide The Washington Post+9National Education Association+9The Guardian+9.
2. Mass Firings at the Dept. of Education
Roughly 1,300 DOE staff were summarily dismissed, severely impacting the administration of student aid programs and K–12 support Truthout.
3. Cruel Restrictions on Immigrant Support Programs
New federal rules now force programs like Head Start to verify immigration status, which may strip public-benefit services from vulnerable families—particularly children and survivors of domestic violence California Attorney General.
4. Aggressive Deportation Efforts
Sen. Alex Padilla highlighted ICE’s shift to mass deportations, noting a 500 % surge in arrests of noncitizens without criminal records, uprooting communities and weakening industries reliant on immigrant labor Senator Alex Padilla.
5. Attacks on Worker Protections
The administration is rolling back labor safeguards—like “minimum wage” and overtime for 3.7 million home‑health aides—and deregulating across construction, agriculture, and mining, risking lower wages and weakened safety nets livenowfox.com.
6. Regulatory Deregulation of Green Energy
A new push to revoke support for wind and solar projects could delay clean-energy deployment and slow progress on climate goals Politico Pro.
🧭 Big Picture Interpretation
Combined, today’s actions reflect a pattern: dismantling social services, public education support, immigrant safety nets, worker protections, and green-energy incentives. The consequences will likely ripple across low-income families, students, immigrant communities, and essential workers—areas already identified as at-risk by advocacy groups and lawmakers responding today.