NEW YORK, NY – Today, FWD.us released new polling and a new report, “Cutting Health Care, Supercharging ICE,” detailing how federal budget decisions cut hundreds of billions of dollars from health care, food assistance and other programs while dramatically increasing spending on immigration enforcement are impacting families and communities across New York.
One year ago, Republicans in Congress passed President Trump’s signature budget legislation, cutting nearly $1 trillion from health care. Between that bill and the spending bills since, they have funneled a quarter trillion dollars for ICE and the Department of Homeland Security to terrorize communities. The new FWD.us report shows that New York is among the states facing the most significant consequences of these decisions, with an estimated $12.2 billion in federal funding projected to be lost by 2029 as a result of changes to Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, even after offset funds from the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP).
Among the report’s key findings for New York:
27,000 more New Yorkers are projected to become uninsured because of the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.
Over 213,000 fewer New Yorkers are enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP compared with 2025.
35 hospitals and medical facilities have closed or are closing, and New York is projected to lose 51,200 health care jobs as a result of changes to the ACA and Medicaid.
The Trump Administration has terminated nearly $23 million in Department of Justice grant funding for community safety and violence intervention in New York.
At the same time, the state had 44 ICE detention facilities as of July, holding an average of 1,133 people each day, and 19,394 immigrants have been arrested across the state since January 20, 2025.
Read the New York fact sheet here.
The new polling commissioned by FWD.us shows voters strongly question these spending priorities. In a July national survey of likely voters, 60 percent said spending hundreds of billions of dollars on immigration enforcement while cutting funding for health care is unacceptable, compared with 28 percent who said immigration enforcement should be funded even if it requires cuts elsewhere.
Murad Awawdeh, President & CEO, The New York Immigration Coalition, said: “New Yorkers are being forced to bear the consequences of misguided federal priorities. At a time when families across our state are struggling to afford health care, food, housing, and other basic needs, the federal government is cutting critical programs that help keep our communities healthy and secure while pouring billions into an immigration enforcement system that separates families and destabilizes communities. New Yorkers deserve investments that make our families healthier, safer, and more economically secure, not policies that take resources away from our communities to fund the detention and deportation of our neighbors.”
Todd Schulte, President of FWD.us, said: “The federal government is asking New York families to absorb billions of dollars in lost funding, diminished access to health care, and tens of thousands of lost health care jobs while dramatically expanding immigration enforcement. Twenty-three million in funding for community safety and violence intervention has already been eliminated. New Yorkers deserve a federal budget that invests in their health, safety, and economic security instead of taking resources away from communities to fund more detention and enforcement.”
Felicity Rose, Vice President of Research and Policy at FWD.us and author of the report, said: “The numbers in New York demonstrate the enormous scale of these funding shifts. The state is projected to lose $12.2 billion in federal funding, more than 213,000 fewer people are enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP than a year ago, and 51,200 health care jobs are projected to disappear. Meanwhile, New York has 44 ICE detention facilities, and over 19,000 immigrants have been arrested across the state since January 20, 2025. With some of the most consequential Medicaid and SNAP cuts still ahead, these impacts could become even more significant for New York families.”
The New York findings are part of a broader national shift in federal spending priorities. The reconciliation bills directed $113 billion to ICE alone, including funding for nearly 100,000 detention beds, roughly 14,600 additional officers and staff, and expanded deportation operations. It also created a $27 billion fund within the Department of Homeland Security without specific line-item allocations or regular reporting requirements.
Read the full report from FWD.us here.
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