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…
The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 data on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance show that while the overall economy is strong, the nation has much more to do to reduce poverty, especially among women and Black Americans.
By Russell Payne (EXCERPT) The GOP attacks on public benefits and immigration policy “threaten the supply of care that’s already hard to find,” Rachel Wilensky, a senior analyst on child care and early education at the Center for Law and Social Policy, told Salon. Wilensky…
This fight is far from over, and CLASP stands ready to work with partners to ensure that impacted families and service providers are informed about their rights.
The Senate bill cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid and Marketplace health care, ultimately leaving at least 16 million uninsured and millions more with higher costs to keep their health insurance.
Families are already struggling with higher costs of living, and the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill will only increase the costs of health care, food, and everyday necessities. The bill's text affirms that at its core, this is legislation that will drain money from the families…