As Congress considers passage of a pathway for immigrant youth; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients; people with Temporary Protected Status (TPS); and essential workers, it is important to consider the impact on their children and families. This new brief, compiled by CTAN partners, outlines how a pathway to citizenship would support the healthy development and long-term success of children and youth in immigrant families.
More than 260 organizations – representing children’s advocacy, health, education, labor, faith, antipoverty, legal, reproductive justice, disability, economic, immigration, nutrition, and academic sectors – signed onto a letter urging the Biden administration and Congress to Read more…
July 24, 2023 Contact: Archana Pyati at [email protected] Members of the Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) have expressed alarm over reports of asylum seekers, including nursing mothers, pregnant women, and young children, being subjected to Read more…
Every child must have access to critical supports. Congress must take action to create a permanent solution to fight poverty for all children in the United States, including by permanently expanding the child tax credit Read more…