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September 23, 2025 | News Clip | Wendy Cervantes

‘Are Mom and Dad not coming home?’: American kids left stranded when ICE takes their parents

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…

September 18, 2025 | News Clip | Wendy Cervantes

Texas family pleads for return of child in need of brain-tumor care after she was sent to Mexico

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…

September 12, 2025 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

Court Rulings Maintain Access to Critical Programs for Immigrant Families

The well-being of our next generation depends on protecting these programs and the children and families they have served for decades. 

September 9, 2025 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

Census Bureau Data Underscores Gender, Racial Disparities; Policy Decisions in 2025 Will Worsen Conditions for All

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.

August 27, 2025 | Blog Post

When Hunger Speaks a Different Language: Food Insecurity, Immigrant Families, and the Invisible Barriers That Keep Kids Hungry

No child should worry if their mom ate breakfast. Yet in many immigrant families, that sacrifice is routine.

August 25, 2025 | News Clip | Rachel Wilensky

“Who’s going to take care of your child?”: Parents reel from Trump ICE crackdown

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…

July 1, 2025 | Press Release | Isha Weerasinghe

Senate Budget Reconciliation Bill Sacrifices the Well-Being of Working Families to Give Tax Breaks to Billionaires

CLASP urges House lawmakers to reject this damaging bill and focus on policies that put workers, children, and families ahead of billionaires.

June 27, 2025 | Press Release | Wendy Cervantes

Supreme Court Decision on Birthright Citizenship Case Will Create Chaos and Harm Our Nations’ Babies, Families, and Communities

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.

June 26, 2025 | Blog Post | Suzanne Wikle

Senate Doubles Down on House Plan to Take Health Care Away from Millions

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.

June 20, 2025 | Blog Post | Juan Carlos Gomez

The Senate’s Budget Reconciliation Bill is Bad for Children and Families

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…

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