Members of Congress are currently working to pass legislation which will have immediate and lasting impacts on all families, with particular harm caused to mixed-status families. This legislation seeks to drastically cut funding for Medicaid and SNAP and bar eligibility Read more…
The Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) and the Protecting Immigrant Families Coalition (PIF) sent this letter to the Senate opposing the House-passed budget reconciliation bill. The reconciliation bill poses extreme risks for the country’s immigrant families and their health and Read more…
Every child must have access to critical supports. Congress must take action to create a permanent solution to fight poverty for all children in the United States, including by permanently expanding the child tax credit (CTC) to include all children. Read more…
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 Read more…
Factsheet on Children in Mixed-Status Families and Current Policy Threats This factsheet offers demographic information about children in mixed-status families and outlines major trends, with a focus on policies, that threaten their well-being.
Contact: Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Washington, DC, March 11, 2025 – Members of the Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) are deeply concerned by reports that the Trump Administration is actively making plans to once again jail families with Read more…
Contact: Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Members of the Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) are gravely concerned about the harm the Laken Riley Act, which Congress passed on January 22, 2025, could cause to immigrant children and children of Read more…
Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) created this toolkit, which is being updated ad-hoc, to serve two purposes: This linked document contains the most up-to-date resources grouped in the following categories: Help children whose parents are facing deportation Circulate resources to Read more…
Know Your Rights, Safe Space Policy Guides, Emergency Preparedness, and other Resources CLASP, CTAN, and other partners created this resource document to help support early education, K-12, housing, and healthcare providers and local jurisdictions in keeping their locations and facilities Read more…
By Celeste Dorantes History of Exclusion In 2012, the Obama Administration announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA has allowed hundreds of thousands of young people to work and live in the United States without fear of Read more…