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December 4, 2025 | Blog Post | Christian Collins

Congress Is Weaponizing Federal Law Against College Athletes By Cutting Pell Grant Access and Stripping Labor Protections

The flawed logic behind the Pell Grant reconciliation provision—that athletes are now able to earn enough money through NIL deals and revenue sharing payments to not need Pell Grants—is the exact same flawed logic behind the SCORE Act provisions that clamp down on total compensation…

December 1, 2025 | Blog Post | Christian Collins

The SCORE Act Would Harm College Athletes by Codifying Inequity into Federal Law

This legislation is an attempt by Congress to pass the blame from its own inaction onto students who are only seeking the right to be paid for their labor. 

October 27, 2025 | News Clip | Christian Collins

Maryland universities issued $3.4 million in parking citations last year; more permits sold than spaces available

By Ela Jalil (EXCERPT) Christian Collins, a policy analyst for the Center for Law and Social Policy who focuses on post-secondary education, said that parking citations are just another financial barrier for students to overcome to get a degree. Collins also noted that punishments like…

December 04, 2025 | event | Wendy Chun-Hoon

Philanthropy in the Crosshairs: Confronting the Perpetual Backlash Against Justice and Democracy

Join philanthropic leaders, foundation program officers, policy officials, researchers, advocates, and community-based organizations for an interactive virtual discussion that will examine the role of philanthropy in advancing civil and human rights, racial and economic justice, and multiracial democracy in the face of political retrenchment, legal…

September 18, 2025 | event | Wendy Chun-Hoon

Equity Matters: Why Attacks on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) are a Threat to Multiracial Democracy

This event has already happened. Please see the full recording below and learn more about the speakers.  Join policy officials, researchers, advocates, and community-based organizations for a conversation exploring how attacks on DEIA are eroding democracy. In this discussion, gain a deeper understanding, apply practical…

October 1, 2025 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

Federal Shutdown Reflects Trump’s Chaotic Government; Children and Families Pay the Price

In a functioning government, this budget would be free from interference by a presidential administration. Instead, the administration is manufacturing chaos and dysfunction to continue to weaken the institutions families rely on to survive.  

September 29, 2025 | News Clip | Wendy Cervantes

Letter to the Editor: DHS should respect parental rights

Excerpt from letter to the editor by Wendy Cervantes: “Immigration actions cause long-lasting harm and trauma for children. That’s true whether the Department of Homeland Security separates families, as was the case in The Post’s story; removes them together and sends them back to potential…

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 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 16, 2025 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

Supreme Court Order Will Embolden Racial Profiling and Targeting of Immigrants

This order erodes the constitutional right of due process, normalizes and expands pre-emptive and discretionary powers given to law enforcement agents, and negates a core tenet of the American justice system: “innocent until proven guilty.”

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