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February 6, 2026 | News Clip | Wendy Cervantes

Ausentismo escolar por redadas explota debate sobre fondos para ICE

"Armed with an avalanche of anti-immigrant policies and Congress's unprecedented and massive budget for harmful migration actions, the federal government has caused widespread and irreparable damage to the children of immigrant families and those around them," Cervantes said.

February 4, 2026 | News Clip | Suma Setty

Parental stress, raids, and isolation: How immigration raids traumatize even the youngest children

"The stress of parents is certainly trickling down to children," said Suma Setty, a senior policy analyst for immigration and immigrant families at the Center for Law and Social Policy.

January 8, 2026 | News Clip | Suma Setty

Fearing arrest and deportation, immigrant parents look for willing guardians for their kids

Suma Setty, a senior analyst of policies affecting immigrant families at the Center for Law and Social Policy,  said her organization has received a “huge increase” in inquiries about temporary guardianship from local advocates and child care providers.  

January 8, 2026 | News Clip | Stephanie Schmit

Trump’s Childcare Funding Freezes Are Going to Hit All Kids Hard

“They’re not going to have access to health insurance, they’re not going to have access to food, and now are going to have a challenging time accessing childcare. It’s going to be multiple hits to families who already are in a position where they need…

January 7, 2026 | News Clip

Trump is freezing funds for small but key welfare program. Here’s what TANF does.

TANF replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program, which was broadly known as welfare. But unlike its predecessor, TANF is a fixed block grant to states — with an annual allocation of $16.5 billion annually since its inception. That means inflation has taken…

January 5, 2026 | News Clip | Stephanie Schmit

How Mississippi could meet the needs of more than 19,000 families waiting for child care vouchers

Other states have successfully conjoined funding streams so that extra TANF funds can be used on child care vouchers without technically being considered “transferred funds,” explained Stephanie Schmit, director of Child Care and Early Education at the Center for Law and Social Policy. It can…

January 1, 2026 | News Clip | Stephanie Schmit

Day cares say they are unfairly punished over misleading Minnesota video

“We already know that child care providers don’t have a lot of additional time to do things like this,” Schmit said.

December 23, 2025 | News Clip | Wendy Cervantes

Nueva regla migratoria afectaría a niños de familias inmigrantes (New immigration rule would affect children from immigrant families)

Wendy Cervantes, del Centro para Ley y Política Social, sostiene que la meta de la regla es “asustar a las familias”, lo que aumentaría pobreza, hambre y falta de vivienda.

December 20, 2025 | News Clip

What Moms Want in 2026: Child Care Investments and Safety for Kids

Immigrants are essential to the care workforce, making up 20% of child care workers, including 26% of center-based child care providers and early educators, and 23% of preschool teachers, according to the Center for Law and Social Policy.

December 19, 2025 | News Clip | Lulit Shewan

Union-buster at Amazon, Apple, Tesla and Space X now running NLRB

[Crystal] Carey [the new General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board], wrote Lulit Shewan of the Center for Law and Social Policy, is the lead attorney in their NLRB constitutionality challenge. They’ve won, so far.

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