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August 26, 2026 |

Access Denied: The Public Health Costs of Restricting Immigrant Benefits

This brief examines how public benefit restrictions disproportionately affect immigrants, limiting access to food and health care and worsening health inequities.

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August 19, 2026 | Press Release | Wendy Chun-Hoon

2025 Poverty and Income Numbers Will Show How Affordability Crisis and H.R.1 Changes Drive Inequality

August 14, 2026 | Report/Brief | Yadira Lopez

Immigrant Labor: Increased Loss of Opportunity, Labor Exploitation, and Fear

August 13, 2026 | Testimony/Comments | Ashley Burnside

CLASP Comments on TANF Immigration Data Sharing with DHS

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Immigrants and their families face unique barriers to basic health care and nutrition assistance, including laws that restrict even lawfully present immigrants’ access to federal means-tested benefits. Immigrants and their children—many of whom are U.S. citizens—are less likely to use programs like SNAP or Medicaid even when they are eligible, due to confusing rules and immigration-related concerns. CLASP works to protect access to critical benefits and income supports for all children and families who need them, regardless of immigration status.

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Suma Setty

Suma Setty

Associate Director for Immigration Research and Advocacy

Immigrant Access to Benefits

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August 19, 2026 | Press Release | Child Care and Early Education
2025 Poverty and Income Numbers Will Show How Affordability Crisis and H.R.1 Changes Drive Inequality
August 05, 2026 | News Clip | Children, Youth, & Families
Op-ed: WIC Use Drop Is a Warning, Not a Success Story
July 31, 2026 | News Clip | Children, Youth, & Families
Corporations, Not Immigrants, Are Responsible for Vast Majority of Healthcare Fraud, OIG Report Shows
July 02, 2026 | Press Release | Children, Youth, & Families
One Year into H.R. 1: Funding for Health Care and Nutrition Programs Slashed While Immigration Enforcement Balloons, Harming Millions
June 25, 2026 | News Clip | Child Care and Early Education
Combatting Uncertainty by Building Trust

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Increasing Enrollment, Improving Outcomes

Our Advancing Strategies to Align Programs (ASAP) project helps state-level advocates increase enrollment in work support programs, including Medicaid and SNAP, through more integrated systems. There is strong evidence that work supports improve people’s immediate and long-term health as well as their educational and economic outcomes. Research also shows that receiving the full package of benefits—not just one program—is especially effective.

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ASAP Project Overview

Publications Fact Sheets | Presentations | Published Articles | Reports & Analyses | Testimonies & Comments

Cross-Program Benefit Access Publications
Report/Brief | August 26, 2026
Access Denied: The Public Health Costs of Restricting Immigrant Benefits
Report/Brief | August 14, 2026
Immigrant Labor: Increased Loss of Opportunity, Labor Exploitation, and Fear
Testimony/Comments | August 13, 2026
CLASP Comments on TANF Immigration Data Sharing with DHS
Fact Sheet | June 17, 2026
Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Child Care and Early Education Programs (Updated June 2026)
Report/Brief | May 29, 2026
If Congress Can Allow Rotisserie Chicken, Why Stop There?

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Our Team

Juan Carlos Gomez
Juan Carlos Gomez
Director of Legislative Affairs
Suma Setty
Suma Setty
Associate Director for Immigration Research and Advocacy
Wendy Cervantes
Wendy Cervantes
Director, Immigration and Immigrant Families
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