FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, communications consultant, melissa@mountgem.com Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Washington, DC, July 14, 2026—In just one week, U.S. immigration agents have killed two dads. On July 7, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, communications consultant, melissa@mountgem.com Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Washington, DC, July 9, 2026—The Trump Administration is expanding its efforts to detain more immigrant children and families and deport them more quickly. Last week, the Texas Tribune reported on the administration’s plans Read more
DACA Has Transformed the Lives of Children, Families, and Communities for 14 Years. Since its creation, the DACA program has promoted child well-being by protecting more than 800,000 immigrants who entered the U.S. as children and have grown up in the United States, half of whom are now raising children Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Washington, DC, Tuesday, May 19—Through the budget reconciliation process, Congressional leaders are pushing forward harmful funding proposals and will vote this week to potentially hand the federal government’s immigration agencies an additional $62 billion Read more
The Children Thrive Action Network, along with several national and state organizations, submitted the following public comment to the Department of Homeland Security in response to the proposed rule on employment authorization for asylum seekers. The proposed rule would severely restrict access to work permits for individuals seeking asylum by Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, communications consultant, melissa@mountgem.com Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Washington, DC, April 21, 2026—Today, the Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) submitted a public comment to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in response to a proposed rule that would eliminate the Read more
The Children Thrive Action Network along with several national and state organizations submitted the following public comment to the Department of Housing and Urban Development in response to the proposed rule on verification and eligible status under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980. The proposed rule would eliminate Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Washington, DC, February 10, 2026—As Congress’s deadline approaches to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), growing numbers of children and families continue to suffer in immigrant family detention. Per new data from DetentionReports.com, Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, communications consultant, melissa@mountgem.com Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Washington, DC, February 4, 2026—As Ohio communities face the uncertainty of the future of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians and the threat of an immigration abduction operation, members of the Children Thrive Read more
Over the last year, children across the country have been directly impacted by immigration actions carried out by federal agents in schools, childcare centers, neighborhoods, and homes. Since taking office,the Trump Administration has advanced a sweeping set of policies that attack immigrant families and undermine the well-being of children. In Read more