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August 13, 2026 | Testimony/Comments | Ashley Burnside

CLASP Comments on TANF Immigration Data Sharing with DHS

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…

April 14, 2025 | Testimony/Comments | Isha Weerasinghe

CLASP Submits Comments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability

By Isha Weerasinghe CLASP submitted public comments opposing the proposed ACA Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Rule, which includes harmful provisions that would greatly reduce health insurance coverage for people with low incomes as well as people with historically disenfranchised identities. The many provisions that will…

March 23, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | Juliana Zhou

CLASP Urges USCIS to Withdraw Proposed Immigration Fee Increases

CLASP submitted a public comment in response to USCIS’s proposed changes to the immigration fee schedule. We applauded the agency keeping important fee waivers and adding new fee exemptions for humanitarian programs, but voiced our concern about the harmful impacts of immigration fee increases for low-income and other vulnerable…

July 13, 2022 | Testimony/Comments

CLASP Supports Washington State’s 1332 Waiver Application to Remove Federal Barriers to Health Coverage for Immigrants

CLASP submitted a public comment in support of Washington State’s request to the federal government to allow all Washington residents, regardless of immigration status, to access health coverage through the state’s Washington Healthplanfinder website: In Washington State today, many immigrants go without critical health care…

January 13, 2022 | Testimony/Comments | Juliana Zhou

CLASP Responds to Visas: Ineligibility Based on Public Charge Grounds; DOS Docket No. DOS-2021-0034

By Juliana Zhou and Elizabeth Lower-Basch 

August 23, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Jesse Fairbanks

CLASP Responds to Reinstatement of HUD’s Discriminatory Effects Standard, Docket No. FR-6251-P-01

Standardized enforcement of the Fair Housing Act’s (FHA) long-held discriminatory effects liability is necessary to uncover policies and practices that have an unjustified discriminatory effect—regardless of intent—and legally require that the practice be replaced.

July 16, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Parker Gilkesson Davis

CLASP Responds to Identifying Barriers in USDA Programs and Services; Advancing Racial Justice and Equity and Support for Underserved Communities at USDA, Docket No. USDA-2021-0006

By Parker Gilkesson

July 7, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Kayla Tawa

CLASP Responds to Methods and Leading Practices for Advancing Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through Government, OMB Doc. No. 2021-09109

By CLASP, the Community Partnership Group (CPG), and New Deal for Youth (ND4Y) Changemakers 

May 21, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Renato Rocha

CLASP Response to Identifying Barriers Across U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Benefits and Services, DHS Docket No. USCIS-2021-004

By Renato Rocha and Elizabeth Lower-Basch

October 30, 2020 | Testimony/Comments | Renato Rocha

CLASP Response to Affidavit of Support on Behalf of Immigrants, DHS Docket No. USCIS-2019-0023

CLASP responded to affidavit of support on behalf of immigrants, DHS Docket No. USCIS-2019-0023. 

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