State Health Care Expansions – A Powerful Tool for Reducing Poverty
Gabrielle Lessard
Sep 23, 2024 Momentum continues for states to expand access to health care coverage and services for their residents, regardless of their immigration status.
New Policies Strengthen Language Access Protections in Health
Ben D’Avanzo and Gabrielle Lessard
Apr 30, 2024 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil rights (OCR) has posted its finalized regulation updating Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as the Health Care Rights Law. The final rule...
USCIS Fee Schedule Changes Expected to Go Into Effect April 1st
Talia Horrow and Ignacia Rodriguez Kmec
Mar 25, 2024 On January 31, 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the updated U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Fee Schedule. This final rule published in the Federal Register aimed to adjust certain benefit request...
Bipartisan Language Access Developments in Congress Pave the Way for Change
Ben D’Avanzo
Nov 6, 2023 In August, NILC documented the dire need to address health disparities through our report, Expanding Health Care Access for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency (LEP). In the past month, two bipartisan bills have been introduced in...
FirstGEN 2023 Fellows Reflect on Their Experiences this Summer
Alejandra Caballero Pinedo, Andy Flores, and Kathleen Hoang
Aug 15, 2023 The FirstGEN Fellows Program connects first generation college students with legal organizations, including the National Immigration Law Center, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under...
What to Know About the Biden Administration’s Proposed Restoration of DACA Recipients’ Access to Affordable Care Act Programs
Gabrielle Lessard
May 5, 2023 The senseless exclusion of immigrants with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) from Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage is finally ending. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a proposed rule that would...
Biden’s Reported Plans to Detain Haitian Asylum Seekers at Guantanamo Perpetuates History of Anti-Black Racism in U.S. Immigration Policy
Chiraayu Gosrani
Feb 1, 2023 Crises around the world—including in Ukraine and Haiti—have sparked increased flows of migrants seeking safety in the United States. While the Biden administration has welcomed Ukrainian refugees with open arms, senior officials are hastily...
Two Years After Deadly Nitrogen Leak at Georgia Poultry Plant, A Big Step Forward to Protect Immigrant Workers Reporting Labor Abuses
Shelly Anand, Michelle Lapointe, and Alessandra Stevens + 1 more
Jan 27, 2023 Two years ago, on January 28, 2021, Gainesville, Georgia was the site of a tragic and entirely preventable liquid nitrogen leak at a poultry plant, which killed six workers. In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, traumatized immigrant...
Congress Must Act to Prevent 300K DACA Recipients from Losing Health Care
Ben D’Avanzo
Nov 30, 2022 The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has been a critical tool for immigrant youth in providing some level of stability, accessing education, and facilitating the ability to provide for themselves and their family. But...
Texas’ Judge Shopping Undermines Public Interest and the Future of Public Policy
Max Wolson
Oct 4, 2022 Driven by ambitions for higher office at any expense, Texas’ governor and attorney general have challenged virtually every action taken by the Biden administration. Texas is particularly committed to stymieing any attempt to make the...
Biden Must Do More for People Still Hurting From the Muslim and African Ban
Haddy Gassama
Jul 25, 2022 On his first day in office, President Biden issued an executive order that rescinded the Muslim and African Ban, saying that the former administration’s policies were “contravening our values” and had left “a stain on our national...
Jun 29, 2022 With two back-to-back federal court hearings related to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) policy coming up on July 6 and 7, we can all use a refresher on what’s going on. We’ve got you...
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