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 deportation—including becoming our teachers, health care providers, and caregivers. Yet, Read more…
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 the Administration to instead take steps to protect children and Read more…
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 the Build Back Better Act with a clear pathway to Read more…
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 federal immigration enforcement and greater protections for children in immigrant Read more…
More than 80 national, state and local organizations dedicated to advocating for and serving children and youth submitted this comment in response to the Department of Homeland Security’s advanced notice of proposed rulemaking on the public charge policy. The comment provides recommendations for DHS to craft a rule that considers Read more…
Under current law, immigrants with legal permanent resident (LPR) status must wait five years before being able to access critical supports like Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, and Supplemental Security Income. Nationally, over 1.7 million Read more…
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 an undocumented parent live in poverty—more than double the 16% national child poverty Read more…
Download the One Pager here: Who are children in mixed-status immigrant families? Mixed-status immigrant families are those with at least one citizen and one non-citizen member. Non-citizens include (but are not limited to) family members with green cards, temporary visas, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and Temporary Protected Status Read more…
On June 23rd, CTAN, CLASP, Children at Risk, and several other partners will co-host a virtual event from 11AM-3PM ET entitled “Healing and Thriving: A National Summit on Children of Immigrants.” The event will focus on national and state policy and practice opportunities for supporting children in immigrant families. REGISTER Read more…
This letter signed by more than 100 children and youth groups at the national, state, and local levels calls on Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration to include a path to citizenship for immigrant youth, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, essential workers, and their Read more…