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June 9, 2025 | Report/Brief | Rachel Wilensky

The Impact of Anti-immigrant Policies on Children, Families & the Child Care and Early Education Workforce

By Rachel Wilensky, Karla Coleman-Castillo, and Wendy Cervantes In the four months since inauguration, the Trump Administration has leveled a staggering number of threats on social programs–from executive orders to funding freezes and staff layoffs–that are already harming child care and early learning programs. These…

May 29, 2025 | Testimony/Comments | Wendy Cervantes

CLASP Comments on the Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule

CLASP submitted a comment in response to a new rule issued by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) that gives Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) broad access to the immigration status of sponsors and families of unaccompanied children for enforcement purposes and removes safeguards against…

April 11, 2025 | Testimony/Comments | Priya Pandey

CLASP Submits Public Comments Strongly Opposing New Rule from Department of Homeland Security

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…

February 27, 2025 | Testimony/Comments | Wendy Cervantes

CLASP Submits Testimony on H.B. 1222: Public Safety – Immigration Enforcement (Maryland Values Act)

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…

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…

February 2, 2024 | Report/Brief | Wendy Cervantes

Amicus Brief Details the Harm of DACA Rescission on U.S. Citizen Children

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.

July 31, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | Wendy Cervantes

CLASP Supports Cancellation of Removal Process Changes

CLASP submitted a letter to the DHS and DOJ in support of the cancellation of removal process changes.

June 13, 2023 | Report/Brief | Suma Setty

Still at Risk: The Urgent Need to Address Immigration Enforcement’s Harms to Children

A new report from CLASP and UnidosUS analyzes trends in interior enforcement and documents the negative impact on children’s economic security.

February 17, 2023 | Testimony/Comments | Alejandra Londono Gomez

CLASP Recommendations to the White House Task Force on New Americans

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…

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