FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 26, 2021 Contact: Lynn Tramonte (latramonte@gmail.com / (202) 255-0551; Tom Salyers (tsalyers@clasp.org/ (202) 607-1074 Washington, D.C. – In less than a week, the Biden-Harris Administration has ushered in a new sense of community and possibility. It outlined a bold agenda on immigration policy and COVID-19 relief Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 3, 2020 Contact: Lynn Tramonte (latramonte@gmail.com / (202) 255-0551; Tom Salyers (tsalyers@clasp.org/ (202) 607-1074 Washington, D.C. – One in four children in the United States has at least one immigrant parent, and over 5 million children have a parent who is undocumented. Today, over 180 organizations Read more…
Federal Transition Priorities to Defend and Support America’s Children in Immigrant Families Introduction and Rationale Anti-immigrant policies advanced by the Trump Administration have caused devastating harm to children in immigrant families and left a moral stain on our country. Children in immigrant families now comprise 1 in 4, or approximately Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 16, 2020 Contact: Lynn Tramonte (latramonte@gmail.com / (202) 255-0551; Tom Salyers (tsalyers@clasp.org/ (202) 607-1074 Washington, D.C. – From expanding extra-judicial deportations to retaliating against cities who refuse to enforce federal immigration law, the Trump administration is threatening to kick immigration enforcement into overdrive over the next Read more…
By Mónica Ramírez and Olivia Golden (Excerpt) This spring, Congress denied the tax-paying families of an estimated 3.5 million children economic help under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. That’s right: families who have contributed billions in taxes, families with U.S. citizen children, were cut off from bare-bones financial Read more…
September 16, 2020, Washington, D.C.—Crista Ramos likes to play soccer and wants to be an attorney. Just sixteen years old, she is also the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging its cancellation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of El Salvador, Sudan, and Nicaragua, with Read more…
By David Hansen (Excerpt) Law360 (September 10, 2020, 6:25 PM EDT) — Congress must extend benefits in any upcoming COVID-19 stimulus bill to families whose members include at least one parent who is an immigrant, a group of almost 200 advocacy organizations said in a letter sent to congressional leaders. Families Read more…
“We cannot let an entire generation come of age with fear, anxiety, and instability as their primary childhood memory” September 9, 2020, Washington, D.C. – A new coalition of organizations has emerged to ensure that the children of immigrants–one-quarter of all children in the United States–are no longer harmed by policy Read more…
September 9, 2020 The Honorable Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Leader McConnell, and Leader Schumer: As organizations concerned with the well-being of children, youth, and families, we urge Congress to pass critically needed relief for all families in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The cash assistance that was included in the Read more…
The Children Thrive Action Network is a new network of advocates and service providers at the national, state, and local levels who work directly with or on behalf of children in immigrant families. Our mission is to defend and support children in the United States in mixed-status immigrant families. We Read more…