In this op-ed, Wendy Chun-Hoon describes how policy changes enacted by the White House and Congressional leaders--especially from H.R. 1 and proposed Census changes--are pushing more households into poverty. Immigrants are hit hardest.
The report draws on three different forms of immigrant gig worker data: programmatic data from the IRC, a service provider for immigrants and refugees; survey data; and qualitative interviews. The qualitative interviews were conducted in late 2024 and early 2025, before the second Trump Administration…
Changes to the public charge rule create uncertainty for immigrant families seeking green cards and could affect their access to basic needs and education programs.
Today’s release of the U.S. Census Bureau’s national Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance data for 2025 may be the last year of positive impact, as the prior administration’s policy choices taper off. Despite this, enormous income inequality persists.
This brief examines how public benefit restrictions disproportionately affect immigrants, limiting access to food and health care and worsening health inequities.
The Census reports will be much more than a look-back at the state of the country in 2025. Sadly, they will be a preview of the harm ahead for our communities.
Immigrant workers face rising exploitation, wage theft, retaliation, and enforcement fears; this brief centers their experiences and recommends stronger protections.
CLASP submitted comments opposing a new federal policy that would allow citizenship and immigration data from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to be shared with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The comments warn that expanded data sharing could deter eligible immigrant…
Today’s participation numbers are an urgent warning that access is eroding. Before making additional cuts, we owe families something much simpler: the commitment to understand why they are disappearing from these programs and to remove the barriers keeping them from the care they deserve. The…