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REPORT: The Supreme Court Blocks Donald Trump’s Proposal to Slash SSI and Veterans Benefits to Redirect Billions to DHS as Homeland Security Shutdown Deepens⤵️
In a stunning rebuke, the Supreme Court of the United States has blocked former President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal to cut Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and veterans’ benefits — a plan aimed at redirecting billions of dollars to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the ongoing Homeland Security funding standoff reaches a breaking point.
The ruling, handed down late Thursday, marks a major legal and political defeat for Trump, whose administration argued that reallocating funds was necessary to bolster national border operations amid a partial DHS shutdown.
However, in a 6–3 decision, the Court determined that the move violated statutory protections for federal assistance programs and overstepped executive spending authority. The majority opinion emphasized that “vulnerable Americans cannot be used as collateral in budgetary disputes.”
The blocked proposal had sparked nationwide backlash — with veterans’ organizations, disability rights groups, and several lawmakers condemning the cuts as “cruel and unconstitutional.”
Trump’s team, in a swift response, blasted the decision as a “politically motivated obstruction”, vowing to continue fighting for what they call “national security funding priorities.”
Meanwhile, the Homeland Security shutdown continues to deepen, straining border operations and threatening to furlough thousands of federal workers unless a new budget compromise is reached soon.
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How this Supreme Court decision could reshape Trump’s budget strategy — and what it means for millions of Americans relying on SSI and veterans’ benefits.