The stalemate created by the refusal of Congressional leadership and the Trump Administration to come to the table is unnecessarily threatening food assistance, access to Head Start, and other important programs families rely on and forcing millions of people to soon face increasing health care costs.
Kids First Maryland: Elevating Policy, Practice and Possibility for Children Join advocates, academics, researchers, funders and policymakers for a powerful, daylong convening focused on putting children first in policy and practice. The Kids Frist Maryland convening will bring together various voices and sectors to explore…
In a functioning government, this budget would be free from interference by a presidential administration. Instead, the administration is manufacturing chaos and dysfunction to continue to weaken the institutions families rely on to survive.
Excerpt from letter to the editor by Wendy Cervantes: “Immigration actions cause long-lasting harm and trauma for children. That’s true whether the Department of Homeland Security separates families, as was the case in The Post’s story; removes them together and sends them back to potential…
Recovery is not just about surviving substance use. For mothers and those they love, it’s about building a future where healing is possible, families are whole, and every generation has the chance to thrive.
By Blake Ellis,Melanie Hicken, Anna-Maja Rappard and Kyung Lah (EXCERPT) “It’s literally a kid’s worst nightmare having someone come take your parents in the middle of the night,” said Wendy Cervantes, a longtime immigration policy expert who has worked with Democratic and Republican lawmakers to…
By Julian Aguilar (EXCERPT) Wendy Cervantes, the director of immigration and immigrant families at the Center for Law and Social Policy, said the administration can grant humanitarian parole under current law. “Our laws allow for humanitarian parole for these exact reasons, to protect U.S. citizens…
This order erodes the constitutional right of due process, normalizes and expands pre-emptive and discretionary powers given to law enforcement agents, and negates a core tenet of the American justice system: “innocent until proven guilty.”