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260+ organizations nationwide urge White House and Congress to oppose anti-immigrant policies in supplemental funding negotiations
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 oppose anti-immigrant and anti-asylum policies …
Child Advocates Call for an End to Cruelty on Migrant Families
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 harm at the Texas border …
Children’s Advocates Urge the Administration to Abandon Harmful Policies and Strengthen the Asylum System
January 26, 2023 Contact: Archana Pyati, [email protected] Leaders from the Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) have expressed concern over a new set of border enforcement measures proposed by the Biden Administration that continue harmful Trump-era immigration policies and are urging …
More than 70 Children’s Groups Urge Relief for Millions of Immigrant Children and Families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 8, 2022  Contact:   Tom Salyers ([email protected]/ 202- 607-1074);   Claudia Hernandez ([email protected]/ (619-581-2963)  Washington, D.C. — Today, more than 70 national, state, and local children's advocacy organizations sent letters urging the White House and Senate leadership to pass …
Leading children’s organizations urge the Biden-Harris Administration to protect against future family separation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 25, 2022 Contact: Tom Salyers ([email protected]/ 202-607-1074); Claudia Hernandez ([email protected]/ (619-581-2963) Washington, D.C. — Today, thousands of organizations and individuals are submitting recommendations to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) calling for major changes in …
New Analysis: Path to Citizenship Would Lift 250,000+ Children Out of Poverty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 23, 2021 Contact: Lynn Tramonte ([email protected] / 202-255-0551); Claudia Hernandez ([email protected]) Washington D.C. – A new analysis indicates that a path to U.S. citizenship would directly impact more than 5 million children with an undocumented parent while also helping fight economic insecurity by lifting more than 250,000 children out of poverty. Around 34% of children with …

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