Birthright citizenship as enshrined in the U.S. Constitution has ensured the clarity and stability babies and their families need, and those protections should remain.
As someone who worked in those early days of the DACA program to ease fears and encourage youth to apply, it breaks my heart to see the trust they put into the process betrayed more than a decade later,” said Wendy Cervantes, a director at…
In a podcast produced and hosted by First Focus on Children, Wendy Cervantes joins in an episode called, “Wendy Cervantes Demands Better Protections for Immigrant Kids.” She discusse how immigration enforcement policies are affecting children in immigrant families, with a focus on the fear, instability,…
"Armed with an avalanche of anti-immigrant policies and Congress's unprecedented and massive budget for harmful migration actions, the federal government has caused widespread and irreparable damage to the children of immigrant families and those around them," Cervantes said.
Wendy Cervantes, del Centro para Ley y Política Social, sostiene que la meta de la regla es “asustar a las familias”, lo que aumentaría pobreza, hambre y falta de vivienda.
Wendy Cervantes spoke to a reporter from the Chronicle of Philanthropy for an article about how nonprofits are forming networks to effectively fight back in fraught times.
Wendy Cervantes was quoted about the proposed "public charge" rule: “If the traumatic raids that separate families weren’t enough, this rule could force millions of immigrant families to choose between meeting their children’s needs, such as taking them to the doctor or putting food on…
According to advocacy groups, child care providers are increasingly being asked to look after kids in case they are detained, typically because they are the only trusted person the family knows with U.S. citizenship or legal permanent residence. Parents are asking child care workers to…
“This is a bipartisan policy that, no matter how you feel about immigration enforcement, has been in place to ensure that immigration enforcement doesn’t unnecessarily harm children and families and keep kids out of school,” Cervantes said.
Wendy Cervantes, the director of immigration and immigrant families at the Center for Law and Social Policy, an anti-poverty nonprofit, said the center has long been working to inform child care providers that they have protections under the Fourth Amendment.