Due to restrictive policies, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program recipients have been barred from purchasing health coverage and accessing federal public benefit programs.
Immigrants need access to public benefits like Medicaid, CHIP, and SNAP. Inclusive federal policies are crucial for this access, as anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric have eroded trust in government institutions among immigrant communities.
On January 11, 2024, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing entitled “The Impact of Illegal Immigration on Social Services.” CLASP submitted a statement for the record detailing immigrants’ fundamental contributions; the economic and social benefits of expanding safety net programs; the harms of restricting…
Child care has long been unaffordable and inaccessible for many families. The Child Care Development Fund, the primary federal funding source to help families with low incomes access child care, is a crucial support for many families. However, Congress has never funded child care at…
The Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN), along with seven partners and one independent researcher, held listening sessions across the country to learn about the concerns, desires, and challenges of immigrant parents and youth.
This fact sheet highlights how the overturn of Roe v. Wade exacerbated pre-existing barriers to abortion care for immigrants and proposes recommendations for Congress and the Biden Administration to support immigrant access to abortion.
CLASP President and Executive Director Indivar Dutta-Gupta testified to the Senate Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Taxation and Oversight about the Child Tax Credit, its history and track record, and what Congress should do now.
CLASP submitted a public comment in response to USCIS’s proposed changes to the immigration fee schedule. We applauded the agency keeping important fee waivers and adding new fee exemptions for humanitarian programs, but voiced our concern about the harmful impacts of immigration fee increases for low-income and other vulnerable…
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is pleased that the Biden Administration is re-establishing the White House Task Force on New Americans. This critical interagency task force aims to ensure that immigrants–including those newly arrived and those who have long-established roots in the…
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