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Children’s Advocates to Congress: Additional Funding for DHS is a Cruel Misuse of Public Funding and a Direct Attack on Children and Families

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

By Children Thrive Action Network, ago
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Respect Our Families and Children, ICE Out of Ohio Communities!

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

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Children’s Advocates to Congress: Protect Our Children, No More Money to ICE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS:  Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com  Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org  Washington, D.C., January 20, 2026—In defense of the safety and well-being of our nation’s children, members of the Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) are calling on Congress to reject federal budget proposals that include Read more

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Nearly 200 Children’s Advocacy Organizations Oppose Proposed Rule That Will Bring Harm to Children and Immigrant Families

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS:  Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com  Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org  Washington, DC, December 19, 2025—Today, 190 organizations concerned with the well-being of children submitted a public comment to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) opposing a proposed rule that would provide the agency discretion Read more

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Children’s Advocates Applaud Reintroduction of the Dream Act to Provide Pathway to Citizenship for Young Immigrants

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS:  Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com  Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org  Washington, DC, December 4, 2025—Today, Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the bipartisan Dream Act of 2025, a bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for people who came to Read more

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Proposed “Public Charge” Rule is a Direct Attack on Children in Immigrant Families

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS:  Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com  Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org  Washington, D.C., November 19, 2025—Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule that would rescind the 2022 public charge policy and provide the agency discretion to deny green cards based Read more

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Children’s Advocates Condemn ICE Abduction of Early Childhood Educator in Chicago

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS:  Melissa Stek, communications consultant, melissa@mountgem.com  Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org  Danielle Alexander, Communications Director, danielle@childcareforeveryfamily.org Washington, DC, November 5, 2025—Early this morning, federal agents entered an early learning center in Chicago and abducted one of their teachers without a warrant. The teacher’s abduction was Read more

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Children’s Advocates Condemn DHS Plans to Pay Children to Return Themselves to Harm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS:  Melissa Stek, communications consultant, melissa@mountgem.com  Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org  Washington, DC, October 5, 2025—On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alerted legal service providers serving immigrant children of their plans to incentivize the children to leave the country and abandon their legal Read more

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Children’s Advocates Outraged by Trump Administration’s Attempt to Deport Children in Need of Safety

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS:  Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com  Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org   Washington, DC, September 2, 2025—Members of the Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) are outraged that the Trump Administration tried to forcibly remove dozens of children in immigration proceedings over the holiday weekend, pulling Read more

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Children’s Groups Outraged by Deportation of U.S. Citizen Children without Due Process

Contact: Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Washington, D.C., April 29, 2025 – Members of the Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) condemn Trump’s mass deportation crusade, which has now apprehended and deported U.S. citizen children. Over the weekend, The Washington Post reported on the Trump Administration’s deportation of U.S. citizen Read more

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