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    Tell the Government You Don’t Want to Get Rid of the Current “Public Charge” Rule

    Tell the Government You Don’t Want to Get Rid of the Current “Public Charge” Rule

    Published Nov 21, 2025 On November 19, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security published a proposed change in regulation that would alter the impact of “public charge.” This is a long-standing concept in the immigration system, but the Trump administration...

    Clarifying Access: What New Federal SNAP Restrictions and Guidance Mean for Immigrant Communities

    Clarifying Access: What New Federal SNAP Restrictions and Guidance Mean for Immigrant Communities

    Ben D’Avanzo and Sarah Krieger

    Published Nov 12, 2025 The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a lifeline that prevents millions of families from going hungry. The devastating budget bill passed last summer dramatically restricted eligibility for this program for many immigrants....

    300,000 Lawfully Present Immigrants Will Be Newly Ineligible for Health Care Help in This Open Enrollment Period

    300,000 Lawfully Present Immigrants Will Be Newly Ineligible for Health Care Help in This Open Enrollment Period

    Ben D’Avanzo

    Published Oct 23, 2025 The 2025 reconciliation law enacted this summer imposed new restrictions on access to health...

    ICE is detaining indiscriminately. And releasing almost no one.

    ICE is detaining indiscriminately. And releasing almost no one.

    Heidi Altman

    Published Oct 21, 2025 Immigrants in detention and their loved ones and legal representatives are facing desperation...

    Past is Precedent: When the U.S. Detained American Families in South Texas

    Past is Precedent: When the U.S. Detained American Families in South Texas

    Jennifer Whitlock

    Published Oct 17, 2025 From 1942 to 1948, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) operated an internment camp for...

    They Traded Care for Cages: Documenting the Harm of the 2025 Reconciliation Act

    They Traded Care for Cages: Documenting the Harm of the 2025 Reconciliation Act

    Isobel Mohyeddin

    Published Oct 15, 2025 This is the first of a blog series that will examine how the 2025 reconciliation act funding...

    What is Actually Happening with DACA?

    What is Actually Happening with DACA?

    Diana Pliego

    Published Oct 3, 2025 There’s a lot of chatter going around about what is happening with Deferred Action for...

    The Price of Cruelty: How Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda Endangers Us All

    The Price of Cruelty: How Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda Endangers Us All

    Sarah Krieger

    Published Oct 3, 2025 The Trump administration’s immigration agenda directly harms our collective economy, health,...

    Trump Administration’s Attempts to Dismantle Language Access Do Not Erase Civil Rights Law

    Trump Administration’s Attempts to Dismantle Language Access Do Not Erase Civil Rights Law

    Joanna E. Cuevas Ingram and Ben D’Avanzo

    Published Aug 7, 2025 This commentary describes the new DOJ guidance, the current state of language access and civil rights requirements, and expected next steps for the federal government.

    What New Federal Notices Mean for Immigrants’ Program Eligibility

    What New Federal Notices Mean for Immigrants’ Program Eligibility

    Tanya Broder and Ben D’Avanzo

    Published Jul 23, 2025 Five federal agencies have issued notices reinterpreting which federal programs may be restricted to certain categories of immigrants. These notices illustrate the administration’s harmful willingness to undermine the well-being of families...

    Video: We Get There Together

    Video: We Get There Together

    Published Jul 22, 2025 For too long, immigration has been used as an issue to divide working people and protect the...

    Speaking Up: My Story And Why Your Voice Matters

    Speaking Up: My Story And Why Your Voice Matters

    Daniel Gallegos

    Published Jul 22, 2025 DACA helped open doors for me, but far too many never had that chance. That is why we must call on Congress to act.

    Análisis del fallo de la Suprema Corte en el caso Trump v. CASA

    Análisis del fallo de la Suprema Corte en el caso Trump v. CASA

    Efrén C. Olivares

    Published Jun 27, 2025 Hoy, la Corte Suprema decidió el caso Trump vs. CASA, el cual impugna la Orden Ejecutiva...

    Analyzing the Supreme Court’s Dangerous Decision in Trump v. CASA

    Analyzing the Supreme Court’s Dangerous Decision in Trump v. CASA

    Efrén C. Olivares

    Published Jun 27, 2025 Today, the Supreme Court decided the case of Trump v. CASA, a challenge to Executive Order...

    9 Things to Know About the Reconciliation Bill

    9 Things to Know About the Reconciliation Bill

    Heidi Altman and Ben D’Avanzo

    Published Jun 18, 2025 Congressional Republicans are working to pass a bill that would remove some of the few remaining limits on the Trump administration’s hateful vision for America.