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    Existing Restrictions on Immigrants’ Eligibility for Federal Assistance Leave Little Left to Cut

    Existing Restrictions on Immigrants’ Eligibility for Federal Assistance Leave Little Left to Cut

    Ben D’Avanzo

    Feb 10, 2025 Congressional leaders are considering legislation that would increase the deficit due to higher spending on immigration enforcement and defense programs while renewing and expanding tax...

    This Bill Would Slash City and State Funding for Not Facilitating Mass Deportations

    This Bill Would Slash City and State Funding for Not Facilitating Mass Deportations

    Ben D’Avanzo

    Jan 23, 2025 Congress is soon expected to consider the “No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities” Act. NILC urges Members of Congress to vote no on this harmful legislation.

    Analysis of Trump Day 1 Executive Orders: Unconstitutional, Illegal, and Cruel

    Analysis of Trump Day 1 Executive Orders: Unconstitutional, Illegal, and Cruel

    Jan 21, 2025 The second Trump administration began with a slew of executive orders designed to terrify and devastate immigrants, their families, and communities across the United States.

    Entering Trump’s Second Term, Let’s Heed this Call from Dr. King

    Entering Trump’s Second Term, Let’s Heed this Call from Dr. King

    Sheila Miller

    Jan 17, 2025 On January 20, 2025, we commemorate civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The date coincides with the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.

    5 cosas que debes saber sobre la Ley Laken Riley

    5 cosas que debes saber sobre la Ley Laken Riley

    Heidi Altman

    Jan 10, 2025 El proyecto de ley Laken Riley no es una medida de seguridad pública, sino más bien un ataque a las protecciones constitucionales establecidas que no contribuiría nada a la seguridad de las comunidades si se promulgara como...

    Five Things to Know about the Laken Riley Act

    Five Things to Know about the Laken Riley Act

    Heidi Altman

    Jan 6, 2025 The Laken Riley Act exploits personal tragedy to fuel anti-immigrant rhetoric. This bill is not a public safety measure, but rather an attack on established constitutional protections that would do nothing to keep communities safe if enacted...

    Budget Reconciliation and Immigration Policy: Potential Areas of Impact for 2025

    Budget Reconciliation and Immigration Policy: Potential Areas of Impact for 2025

    Heidi Altman and Ben D’Avanzo

    Dec 13, 2024 Republican leadership has stated they plan to move two major bills on reconciliation. This analysis provides an overview of the reconciliation process from the lens of policies that impact immigrants, highlighting the potential and limits of...

    Standing Up For Immigrants’ Health and Wellbeing

    Standing Up For Immigrants’ Health and Wellbeing

    Ben D’Avanzo

    Dec 9, 2024 With a new Republican-controlled White House and Congress taking power in January, champions for immigrants' health and well-being are concerned about the many ways policymakers may attempt to restrict or deter immigrants from accessing federal...

    Health Insurance Enrollment for DACA Recipients is Here!

    Health Insurance Enrollment for DACA Recipients is Here!

    Isobel Mohyeddin

    Nov 1, 2024 In May 2024, the Biden-Harris administration made the major announcement that DACA recipients...

    Administration’s Cruel and Misguided Decision Not to Extend Parole Program Endangers Families and Communities

    Administration’s Cruel and Misguided Decision Not to Extend Parole Program Endangers Families and Communities

    Gabrielle Lessard

    Oct 11, 2024 Despite widely lauding the program’s success, the Biden administration will not extend the two-year period of lawful U.S. presence granted to people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who entered the United States under a program known...

    State Health Care Expansions – A Powerful Tool for Reducing Poverty

    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.

    DACA Recipients Will Soon Be Eligible for ACA Coverage

    DACA Recipients Will Soon Be Eligible for ACA Coverage

    Isobel Mohyeddin

    May 8, 2024 Ten years after the opening of the health insurance marketplaces created under the Affordable...

    New Policies Strengthen Language Access Protections in Health

    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

    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

    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...