Summary

<p>Right now, Congress is considering budget legislation that would slash healthcare, food access, and other essential public services &ndash; in order to fund sweeping deportations of longtime community members and to expand tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and large corporations.&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Now is the time to tell our members of Congress that Nebraskans support stability for immigrant community members and whole communities, NOT budgets that would cut health care, take food off the table, and separate local families and neighbors who are stuck in limbo because of long-outdated immigration laws.</strong></span></p> <p>These harmful proposals on the table include:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Cutting billions of dollars of funding for Medicaid that helps keep communities strong and healthy &ndash; risking health care coverage for 320,000 Nebraskans for whom Medicaid is a lifeline, and shifting costs to the state.<br /><br /></li> <li>Slashing funding for school meals, taking away the ability for many schools in Nebraska to offer free meals in high poverty areas.<br /><br /></li> <li>Unnecessary work requirements for SNAP food support and Medicaid that lead to disenrollments that impact entire families.<br /><br /></li> <li>Changing the SNAP funding structure to take away eligibility or reduce the benefit levels for thousands of households.<br /><br /></li> <li>Massive spending on sweeping and unproductive enforcement of long-outdated immigration laws that would harm local neighbors, entire communities, families, and the workforce.</li> </ul> <p>Instead of slashing the programs that support our communities, you can use the <em><strong>sample message below</strong></em> to tell your members of Congress what Nebraskans need. Select a few points that matter most to YOU and share your personal experience:</p> <p>My name is [YOUR NAME] and I live in [TOWN]. I&rsquo;m calling to urge [MEMBER NAME] to reject the harmful budget proposals because &hellip;&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Medicaid health coverage is important to Nebraskans. It keeps children, seniors, people with disabilities, pregnant people, and adults with low incomes healthy so that our communities stay healthy and our hospitals stay open.<br /><br /></li> <li>SNAP food support is a lifeline for over 150,000 Nebraskans, and school meal programs keep food on the table.<br /><br /></li> <li>Nebraskans want stability for longtime neighbors and whole communities &ndash; not large expenditures on family separations and sweeping enforcement of outdated immigration laws that would harm us all.<br /><br /></li> <li>I urge [MEMBER NAME] to oppose any and all cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, including work requirements. Instead, Nebraskans want supportive programs that keep our families and communities healthy, supported, and together - not tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and large corporations.</li> </ul>