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April 26, 2022 | Testimony/Comments | Elizabeth Lower-Basch

CLASP Responds to Proposed Rulemaking, Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility, DHS Docket No. USCIS-2021-0013

Our immigration policies should not discourage immigrants and their family members from seeking physical or mental health care, nutrition, or housing benefits for which they are eligible. Extensive evidence demonstrates that the 2019 public charge rule generated widespread fear and confusion that caused immigrant families…

February 8, 2022 | Testimony/Comments

CLASP and Organizations Urge the Passage of BBB with a Pathway to Citizenship

CLASP is joined by over 70 national, state, and local organizations in calling on Senate Leadership and the Biden-Harris Administration to pass the Build Back Better (BBB) Act with a pathway to citizenship by any means possible, including by disregarding the parliamentarian’s opinion.

January 25, 2022 | Testimony/Comments | Juan Carlos Gomez

CLASP Responds to the Request for Recommendations to Support the Work of the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families

CLASP, along with First Focus on Children, Children’s Defense Fund, The Children’s Partnership, and Save the Children, submitted this comment on January 24, 2022 in response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) request for public input in supporting the work of the Interagency…

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 

November 29, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Hannah Liu

CLASP Comments in Response to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

CLASP submitted this comment on November 29, 2021 in response to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s notice for proposed rulemaking on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

October 21, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Renato Rocha

DHS Docket No. USCIS-2021-0013; Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

By Renato Rocha and Elizabeth Lower-Basch

August 23, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Jessi Russell

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 7, 2021 | Testimony/Comments

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 

June 14, 2021 | Testimony/Comments | Wendy Cervantes

CTAN Statement for the Record for Hearing on H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act of 2021

CLASP, First Focus Campaign for Children, and other members of the Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) submitted this statement for the record to the Senate Judiciary Committee for the June 15, 2021 hearing on “The American Dream and Promise Act of 2021.”

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

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