President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ tax proposal threatens to take the state and local tax deduction (SALT) away from over 40 million households. State and local deductions are not a partisan issue – both red and blue state families use them to save hard-earned money on their federal tax returns. The SALT deduction ensures Americans are not taxed twice on the same income.

The child tax credit (CTC) is a crucial component of our nation’s commitment to ensure that all children grow up in financially secure households. The CTC provides both broad support for children and helps lift families out of poverty. Last week, Republicans released a tax plan they claim strengthens the CTC, but it falls woefully short of the meaningful reform working families need.

Since 2012, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has helped nearly 800,000 young people who came to the United States as children work legally, get driver’s licenses, pursue a college education, and lead their lives without the constant threat of deportation. To build on these gains, Congress should pass the Dream Act now so that all Dreamers have the opportunity to fully contribute in the American economy and to their local communities.

Despite insisting that tax reform would focus on working families and small business tax relief, yesterday President Trump and Congressional Republicans released a tax plan that slashes taxes for “pass-through” income earned by the wealthiest Americans. Pass-through income is business income filed through an individual tax return. Cutting taxes for well-paid pass-through owners would do little to support Main Street entrepreneurship and would only force working Americans to shoulder more of the tax burden. Republicans should work with Democrats to craft a tax plan that helps small businesses grow in every corner of the nation, rather than finding backdoors to give sweetheart tax deals to Trump and big businesses that game the system.