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December 9, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Suma Setty

CLASP Statement for the Record: Senate Judiciary Committee “How Mass Deportations Will Separate American Families, Harm Our Armed Forces, and Devastate Our Economy”

This statement highlights the impacts mass deportations will have on children in immigrant families.

June 4, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Wendy Cervantes

CLASP Statement for the Record: Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Hearing on “The Consequences of Biden’s Border Chaos for K-12 Schools”

This statement makes the case for the need to support schools in meeting their legal obligations to equitably serve immigrant students, including newcomer students. It also addresses the importance of protecting the constitutional right for all children in the United States to receive a public…

April 5, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Clarence Okoh

Written statement of Clarence Okoh Senior Policy Counsel & Just Tech Fellow Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Pennsylvania Advisory Committee Public briefings on civil rights and the rising use of artificial intelligence in education

By Clarence Okoh Testimony about his extensive experience in combating the use of emerging technologies to undermine the civil and human rights of youth and young adults of color. He highlighted his involvement in initiatives such as the PASCO Coalition: People Against the Surveillance of…

January 11, 2024 | Testimony/Comments | Hannah Liu

CLASP Statement for the Record: House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement “Impact of Illegal Immigration on Social Services”

On January 11, 2024, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing entitled “The Impact of Illegal Immigration on Social Services.” CLASP submitted a statement for the record detailing immigrants’ fundamental contributions; the economic and social benefits of expanding safety net programs; the harms of restricting…

October 19, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | Clarence Okoh

Letter to the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s Review of the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office Grant-Related Activities finds Racial Disparities in Local Predictive Policing Program

CLASP and our partners in the PASCO Coalition have asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to end its support of Pasco County's discriminatory predictive policing programs...

September 28, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | India Heckstall

CLASP Statement for the Record U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development Hearing on “How SCOTUS’s Decision on Race-Based Admissions is Shaping University Policies” September 28, 2023

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is grateful for the opportunity to submit this statement for the record to the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and the Workforce. CLASP is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit advancing anti-poverty policy solutions that disrupt structural and systemic…

August 7, 2023 | Testimony/Comments

CLASP responds to Comment from Securities and Exchange Commission on Climate Change Disclosures

CLASP submitted the following comments to the SEC on updating regulations for climate change disclosures. CLASP provided recommendations on how the SEC can create new decision making structures to shift power on marginalized communities , and centering healing and culturally responsive care to respond to…

August 7, 2023 | Testimony/Comments

Request for Information on the Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program

CLASP responded to a Request for Information from the United States Environmental Protection Agency on ways to advance equity and community partnership in the climate justice grant program.

July 13, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

25 Years of Progress for Children

CLASP President and Executive Director Indivar Dutta-Gupta testified to the Senate Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Taxation and Oversight about the Child Tax Credit, its history and track record, and what Congress should do now.

July 6, 2023 | Testimony/Comments

Comment Submitted to the White House, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Regarding Request for Information on Automated Worker Surveillance and Management

The Center for Law and Social Policy submitted comments to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in response to a request for information on worker surveillance and algorithmic management. Algorithmic management and surveillance are no longer novel forms of management —…

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