The Children Thrive Action Network and several partners created the following briefs on the House passed reconciliation package. This legislation seeks to drastically cut funding for Medicaid and SNAP and bar eligibility to health coverage, food assistance, and tax credits and instead funnel that money to give $1.1 trillion in tax breaks for the wealthy, with added costs to fund immigration enforcement actions that separate families and traumatize children. These policies are likely to increase child poverty; weaken Medicaid’ restrict SNAP; increase fees for asylum seekers, sponsors of unaccompanied children, and children who are applying for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status; and fund family detention. See our briefs linked below on the impact of the bill for different issue areas.
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