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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…

May 7, 2025 | Blog Post | Juan Carlos Gomez

House Judiciary Committee’s Reconciliation Bill Would Harm Immigrant Families and U.S. Citizen Children

This legislation would significantly increase the authority of ICE; expand detention facilities, including family detention facilities; and impose exorbitant fees for immigrants who are trying to stay in or adjust their status in the United States.

May 05, 2025 | event | Juan Carlos Gomez

Juan Carlos Gomez speaks at Child Care Aware’s Symposium

May 5 | Juan Carlos Gomez spoke at Child Care Aware’s Symposium on a panel regarding federal immigration policy and impact on children and child care.

March 20, 2025 | News Clip | Juan Carlos Gomez

Trump administration ‘villainizes’ immigrant families with misleading directive on food aid

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…

March 13, 2025 | News Clip | Juan Carlos Gomez

Newly proposed federal rule could cut DACA recipients out of ACA health coverage once again

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.…

February 25, 2025 | event | Priya Pandey

Webinar: Protecting Early Childhood Programs from Immigration Enforcement

Webinar: Protecting Early Childhood Programs from Immigration Enforcement  The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) held a webinar on Tuesday, February 25 to share how child care and early education providers can protect their programs from immigration…

March 3, 2025 | News Clip | Juan Carlos Gomez

Breaking Through: Trump-Proofing Your State. Protecting Immigrants. Farmers Fighting Back. Saving Medicaid

Juan Carlos Gomez was featured on Moms Rising’s podcast Breaking Through. Listen here:  

November 15, 2024 | News Clip | Juan Carlos Gomez

Affordable Care Act opens to DACA recipients

News segment from 13 News

April 25, 2024 | event | Rricha deCant

CLASP staff presents appropriations priorities to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus

April 25: Rricha deCant, Wendy Cervantes, Suma Setty, Lorena Roque, and Juan Carlos Gomez presented appropriations priorities to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus staff.

March 28, 2024 | News Clip | Juan Carlos Gomez

It’s Time to Stop Playing Politics With Immigrants’ Lives

By Juan Carlos Gomez (EXCERPT) When President Biden was campaigning in 2020, he pledged to strengthen our country by supporting and welcoming immigrants. Early in his presidency, he began taking steps in that direction. On his first day in office, Biden proclaimed an end to his predecessor’s…

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