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 Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 16, 2020 Contact: Lynn Tramonte ([email protected] / (202) 255-0551; Tom Salyers ([email protected]/ (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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…