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Press Release: NaLEC Warns Against Budget Cuts & Foreign Aid Slashes that Affect Vulnerable Communities
- National Latino Evangelical Coalition
- Jun 11
- 2 min read
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 11, 2025
Media Contact: Rev. Dr. Gabriel Salguero Founder and President, NaLEC
NaLEC Warns Against Budget Cuts & Foreign Aid Slashes that Affect Vulnerable Communities
(Washington, D.C.) — The National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NaLEC) firmly rejects the narrative that fraud and waste in federal programs justify broad, punitive budget cuts - especially when they fall hardest on the poor, the elderly, and vulnerable families.
If there's a leak in your faucet, you don’t demolish the entire house. Where fraud exists, it should be identified, addressed, and fixed - but not used as an excuse to dismantle the entire safety net, particularly when the lives of children and families hang in the balance. A sledgehammer is not stewardship - it is overreach.
Indiscriminate cuts to SNAP, WIC, USAID, and other pro-family, pro-child economic policies are not examples of fiscal responsibility - they are a direct threat to human dignity and social stability. These programs that help mothers, children, and the elderly are not merely line items - they are lifelines.
In Scripture, nations are judged by how they treat “the least of these.” Budgets reflect our national economic priorities - whether we are providing for the most vulnerable or cutting essential programs that devastate children, families, and elderly communities.
NaLEC’s Message to Policymakers:
As an evangelical pro-family and pro-child coalition, we urge legislators to stop treating public assistance as a political punchline. We must not balance the budget on the backs of the poor. Instead, we need smart, surgical measures to root out waste—not wholesale cuts that devastate communities.
We call on Congress to:
Protect SNAP, WIC, and other pro-family economic policies, while safeguarding foreign aid—especially humanitarian and global health funding like PEPFAR, which both saves lives and fosters American diplomacy abroad.
Recognize that foreign assistance, which comprises just 1% of the federal budget, yields exponential returns in lives saved, diplomatic influence, and global stability.
Prioritize the poor and defenseless. We must not balance the books on the backs of the ill, the hungry, and the marginalized.
“We are pastors. We are prophets. We will not stand by as the poor are sacrificed for arbitrary budget targets. God calls us to good stewardship and compassion for the poor, vulnerable and infirm. As a nation, we have the capacity to do both." —Rev. Dr. Gabriel Salguero, President, NaLEC
