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) Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more