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July 3, 2025 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

CLASP Outraged by Reconciliation Bill’s Unprecedented Harm, Ready to Respond

Our fight to ensure the dignity, security, and well-being of those who have been most marginalized is far from over, and CLASP is ready to meet the moment. 

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.

July 1, 2025 | News Clip | Suma Setty

Immigrant parents in Los Angeles are preparing children for a future they may not share

By Sirisha Dinavahi – LA Post (EXCERPT) Mental health care is critical for families facing uncertainty. Suma Setty, a senior policy analyst with the Center for Law and Social Policy, noted that even the threat of separation could harm children: “Even just the threat [of…

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…

June 5, 2025 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

Trump’s Budget Proposal Upends Children, Families, Immigrants, and Workers

This draconian budget would harm millions of people who are already forced to live on the margins.

May 29, 2025 | News Clip | Wendy Cervantes

Many US families depend on immigrant nannies. Trump’s policies could upend that

By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo and Sol Amaya, CNN (EXCERPT) “The childcare sector broadly has long been facing a crisis and a shortage of workers. And immigrant workers are critical to keeping that system running. Both the formal sector and the informal sector,” Wendy Cervantes, director of Immigration and…

May 22, 2025 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

House Reconciliation Bill Slashes Child and Family Supports to Fund Mass Deportation and Further Enrich the Wealthy

This bill guts health care, restricts access to food, sacrifices our higher education system, and punishes immigrant families, all to provide more tax breaks for wealthy people and corporations.

May 19, 2025 | News Clip | Wendy Cervantes

Moms Equal Pay Day, Families Over Billionaires, How Medicaid Lifts Rural Moms & Families

Wendy Cervantes was a guest on Breaking Through, a podcast hosted by founder of MomsRising Kristen Rowe-Finkbeiner. The episode, “Moms Equal Pay Day, Families Over Billionaires, How Medicaid Lifts Rural Moms & Families,” discusses how the Trump administration is using tax dollars for human rights…

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