CLASP submitted comments in response to an interim final rule from the Department of Homeland Security for the new registration requirement for noncitizens. We are strongly opposed to this new rule and urge the government to withdraw the rule in its entirety. Our comment particularly…
By Wendy Cervantes CLASP submitted this testimony on HB 1222 – Public Safety – Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act) on February 25, 2025 to the Maryland General Assembly. In the testimony, CLASP urged the Maryland House Judiciary Committee to provide a favorable report with amendments…
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…
CLASP helped lead the development of an amicus brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case regarding the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is pleased that the Biden Administration is re-establishing the White House Task Force on New Americans. This critical interagency task force aims to ensure that immigrants–including those newly arrived and those who have long-established roots in the…
CLASP submitted this statement for the record to the House Committee on the Judiciary for the July 27, 2022 markup of the American Families United Act (H.R. 2920). The bill would expand discretion to the Secretary of Homeland Security and Attorney General in removal and…
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.