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January 9, 2026 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

Freezing $10 Billion in Federal Funding Will Harm Children and Families

The Trump Administration is using politically motivated, racist, and anti-immigrant commentary to villainize those who oppose them and excuse the illegal withholding of federal funding. Children, families, and child care providers will suffer from these actions.

December 10, 2025 | News Clip | Suma Setty

This nanny is a citizen, but her brother’s deportation has made work unbearable

Suma Setty, senior immigration policy analyst for The Center for Law and Social Policy, a nonprofit policy think tank in Washington, D.C., says child care providers have also lost some of their workers with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) "because of fears of immigration…

October 27, 2025 | News Clip | Parker Gilkesson Davis

Who gets food stamps? Viral chart misleads about SNAP recipients’ race, ethnicity

Parker Gilkesson Davis, Center for Law and Social Policy senior policy analyst, is cited in the "Our Sources" section for the expertise and context she provided for this article. 

September 30, 2025 | Report/Brief | Priya Pandey

A Guide to Creating “Safe Space” Policies for Early Childhood Programs

This guide explains how early childhood providers can create "safe space" policies to protect immigrant families in their programs.

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 19, 2025 | Fact Sheet | Christian Collins

The Trump Administration is Using Student Debt to Build a Military State

The Trump Administration is advancing polices that solely benefit its anti-immigrant, military state agenda.

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.

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