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Through several public statements and leaked policy proposals, the Trump Administration has made clear its intent to make life more difficult for low-income immigrant families, including their U.S. citizen children, by restricting their ability to access basic programs that safeguard their health care, nutrition, housing, and economic security.

The Protecting Immigrant Families, Advancing Our Future campaign, co-chaired by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), brings together leading advocates for immigrants, children, education, health; anti-hunger and anti-poverty groups; and faith leaders to defend against these threats and lay the foundation for a more productive national dialogue about our country’s immigrant tradition as well as our future. Resources developed by the campaign and our partners are available at the link below.

PIF Campaign Resources

• Basic Fact Sheet: Public Charge: A New Threat to Immigrant Families (April 27, 2018)
  • Spanish version: Una Carga Pública: La Nueva Amenaza a Las Familias Inmigrantes
  • Black-and-white version
  • Spanish black-and-white version
• Detailed Fact Sheet: A Threat to the Health and Wellbeing of Children in Immigrant Families (June 29, 2018)
• Detailed Fact Sheet: Department of Homeland Security’s Sensitive Locations Policies (June 11, 2018)
• Campaign Overview: Protecting Immigrant Families Campaign Description and Active Member Organizations (updated July 17, 2018)
• Department of Homeland Security Draft NPRM: Leaked Draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) (March 28, 2018)
• Detailed Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet on the Proposed NPRM Changes to Public Charge (April 12, 2018)
• NILC Fact Sheet: Guidance on Talking with Immigrant Families (April 2, 2018)
• Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet on the State Department’s Changes to the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM), Effective 1/8 (February 2, 2018)
• Webinar: Public Charge Threats 101 (March 29, 2018)
• CLASP/NILC blog, Trump’s Proposed Immigration Rule Would Harm All of Us (March 29, 2018)
• NILC: Share Your Story
• Webinar: Estimating the Impact of the Proposed Public Charge Rule: New Research and Methodologies

Community Education Resources

• What you Need to Know about Public Charge and the Intersections with Health Centers (developed by the California Primary Care Association)
• Public Charge Fact Sheet (developed by the California Primary Care Association)
• (developed by the Colorado Center on Law & Policy)
• North Carolina Public Charge Fact Sheet (developed by the North Carolina Justice Center)
• French Public Charge Community Education Flyer (developed by CASA)
• Spanish Public Charge Community Education Flyer (developed by CASA)
• Public Charge Story Collection Flyer for Advocates (developed by Florida Health Justice Project)
• Public Charge Fact Sheet (developed by ICIRR & the Shriver Center)
• Talking Points for WA Service Providers on Proposed Public Charge Changes (developed by One America, Children’s Alliance, and NoLHA)
• California Public Charge Fact Sheets in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Thai (developed by AAJ-LA)
• Public Charge Fact Sheet (developed by CaliforniaHealth+ Advocates)
• Proposed Public Charge Rules Will Harm Families and Communities (developed by Community Legal Services, Inc.)
• Will Using Benefits Hurt My Chances of Getting a Green Card or Becoming a U.S. Citizen? (developed in English and Spanish by Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County and the Libre Project)

Partner Resources

• Center for American Progress: Trump’s Immigration Plan Imposes Radical New Income and Health Tests
• Immigrant Legal Resource Center: Consular Processing Practice Alert on Public Charge and Affidavit of Support Issues
• Migration Policy Institute: Chilling Effects: The Expected Public Charge Rule and Its Impact on Legal Immigrant Families’ Public Benefits Use
• Health Affairs: New Dangers For Immigrants And The Health Care System
• Kaiser Family Foundation: Nearly 20 Million Children Live in Immigrant Families that Could Be Affected by Evolving Immigration Policies
• Kaiser Family Foundation: Overview of Proposed Public Charge Changes
• Center for American Progress: Off-Kilter Podcast on Public Charge
• FamiliesUSA: Trump Administration Threatens Health Care for Immigrant Families, Including US Citizen Children
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Trump “Public Charge” Rule Would Prove Particularly Harsh for Pregnant Women and Children
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Trump Rule Would Threaten Low-Wage Legal Immigrants in the U.S. If Their Families Receive Any of Wide Array of Benefits, Including the Earned Income Tax Credit
• Center for American Progress: Immigration Public Charge Rule Card Stack
• Center for American Progress: Trump’s Public Charge video on Twitter and Facebook
• Center on Poverty and Social Policy: Changes to “Public Charge” Rule May Put 500,000 More U.S. Citizen Children at Risk of Moving into Poverty
• Clearinghouse Community: The Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Immigrant Families and How You Can Fight It 
• Kaiser Family Foundation: Potential Effects of Public Charge Changes on Health Coverage for Citizen Children
• The Children’s Partnership: Video on Public Charge
• National Skills Coalition: Anticipated New “Public Charge” Rules Would Undercut Skills Policies

In the News

• 7/13: The Shadow War to Reshape the Face of America
• 7/12: US-Born Children of Undocumented Immigrants Increasingly Denied SNAP Benefits
• 6/25: To avoid deportation, undocumented immigrants forgo Medicaid for their American children
• 6/19: Millions of U.S.-Born Children May Lose Out If Trump Changes Rules for Public Benefits, Education Week
• 6/18: Administration Considering New Rule on Lawfully Present Immigrants Who Use Public Benefits?, The National Law Review
• 6/18: Trump aides plan fresh immigration crackdowns before midterms, Politico
• 6/11: N.Y. lawmakers call on Trump to reject proposal that expands restrictions for green card applicants, New York Daily News
• 6/11: The U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a resolution in opposition to the public charge proposal, The United States Conference of Mayors
• 5/30: Inmigrantes legales podrían quedarse sin servicios de salud, El Diario NY
• 5/27: Ser demasiado viejo, enfermo o poco autosuficiente puede afectar a los inmigrantes en el futuro, Univision 
• 5/10: Under A Trump Proposal, Lawful Immigrants Might Shun Medical Care, NPR
• 5/7: Congressional Letter to Secretary Nielsen and Director Mulvaney on Draft Public Charge Rule
• 5/5: The Trump Administration’s New Plan to Punish Legal Immigrants, Washington Post
• 5/2: Republicans Should Stand Up To Trump’s Anti-Life Attack on Immigrants, Washington Post
• 4/30: Trump Administration Seeks To Bar Immigrants with Disabilities, Disability Scoop
• 4/26: USCIS Lays Out Far-Reaching Anti-Immigration Agenda, Forbes
• 4/11: The Health 202: Under Trump, Immigrants Back Away From Medicaid, Obamacare Subsidies, Washington Post
• 4/6: Under Leaked Trump Proposal, Using Public Benefits Would Count Against Immigrants, The Notebook
• 4/1: Washington Post Letter to the Editor, Punishing Immigrants for Feeding Their Children
• 3/29: Washington Post Op-ed on Public Charge

Events

Recursos en Español

• Una Carga Pública: La Nueva Amenaza a Las Familias Inmigrantes
• Luchemos por Nuestros Beneficios Públicos (CASA)
• ¿Qué es una «carga pública»? (Colorado Center on Law and Policy)
• Will Using Benefits Hurt My Chances of Getting a Green Card or Becoming a U.S. Citizen? (developed in English and Spanish by Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County and the Libre Project)
• 5/30: Inmigrantes legales podrían quedarse sin servicios de salud, El Diario NY
• 5/27: Ser demasiado viejo, enfermo o poco autosuficiente puede afectar a los inmigrantes en el futuro, Univision