In 2024, a record 21.4 million people received their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces. Enrollment gains among Black, Latino, and people with low incomes drove the increased enrollment. Sustaining the policy choices that led to record enrollment and adding in long…
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.
By Hannah Liu For the past twelve years, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has allowed hundreds of thousands of Dreamers — immigrants who entered the country as children — to go to school, work, and build their lives with lessened fears of…
Hearing entitled “Dream Deferred: The Urgent Need to Protect Immigrant Youth.” CLASP submitted a statement for the record detailing the successes of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
This week: Proposal to dismantle asylum would harm children, families RECENTLY FROM CLASP February 8, 2024 Short-sighted, Punitive Proposal to Dismantle Asylum Would Harm Children, Families Earlier this week, CLASP issued a statement urging Congress to reject harmful legislation that would gut the U.S. asylum system and…
CLASP helped lead the development of an amicus brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case regarding the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Thanks to a highly consequential announcement today by the Biden Administration, hundreds of thousands of young immigrants may soon finally be able to meet their health care needs.