CLASP submitted comments in response to an interim final rule from the Department of Homeland Security for the new registration requirement for noncitizens. We are strongly opposed to this new rule and urge the government to withdraw the rule in its entirety. Our comment particularly…
With this measure, Congressional leaders are attempting to fund tax breaks for the rich and corporations and drive up the deficit through massive Medicaid cuts of $880 billion and SNAP cuts of $230 billion. The proposal would also slash other public benefit programs that people…
By Victoria Namkung (EXCERPT) “It’s posturing to try to harm communities,” said Juan Carlos Gomez, an immigration and immigrant families senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy (Clasp), of the memo. Undocumented immigrants have been ineligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
By Mark Swartz (EXCERPT) Key advocacy organizations, including The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) are providing — and regularly updating — resources for child care educators. According to Suma Setty, senior policy analyst at CLASP, about one in five U.S.…
By Alisa Reznick (EXCERPT) Juan Gomez, senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy, says DACA recipients and other undocumented immigrants had been fully barred from any coverage through the ACA since its inception in 2010, and through its implementation in 2014.…
The proposed rule makes clear that this administration will continue to waste time on policies that hurt our families, communities, and collective well-being rather than working to actually make the United States healthier.
By Rachel Cohen The immigration crackdown threatening to break America’s child care system What happens if the people caring for American children get deported? Read the full article at vox.com