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How the House Budget Bill Attacks Health Care and Nutrition for Immigrants, Children, and Everyone Else
Published Jun 3, 2025 U.S. law is already unfairly restrictive for federal programs. Now, Congress is angling to make our laws even more cruel and regressive.
The House Reconciliation Bill Threatens Working Families and Our Democracy
Published May 19, 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.
Language Access and Civil Rights: Analyzing the Impact of the Executive Order Claiming to Make English the Official National Language
Published Mar 24, 2025 On March 2, President Trump issued an executive order, “Designating English as the Official Language of the United States.” This commentary reviews preexisting law and policy regarding language access in the United States, how this...
Five Things to Know About the Executive Order Targeting Immigrants and Federal Assistance Programs
Published Feb 20, 2025 On Feb. 19, President Trump signed an executive order order that claims to take aim at undocumented immigrants’ access to social services and other government assistance. However, as NILC noted in our statement, it scapegoats immigrants while...
Existing Restrictions on Immigrants’ Eligibility for Federal Assistance Leave Little Left to Cut
Published 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
Published 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.
Budget Reconciliation and Immigration Policy: Potential Areas of Impact for 2025
Published 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
Published 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...
New Policies Strengthen Language Access Protections in Health
Published 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...
Improving Access to Medicaid for People with Limited English Proficiency
Published Apr 26, 2024 This resource presents recommendations for both state Medicaid agencies and HHS’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to improve language access for individuals with limited English proficiency to promote participation in and...
Bipartisan Language Access Developments in Congress Pave the Way for Change
Published 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...
States Need to Improve Language Access for Medicaid Renewals
Published Aug 9, 2023 In March 2023, after a three-year pause, states resumed terminating the eligibility of...
Reducing Barriers, Improving Outcomes: Using Federal Opportunities to Expand Health Care Access for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency
Published Jul 10, 2023 The U.S. health care system consistently fails people whose primary language is not English. This resource describes the steps Congress and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services can take to address these health...
DACA Recipients’ Access to Health Care: 2023 Report
Published May 26, 2023 This resource reports on findings from a 2022 survey of 817 DACA recipients administered by Tom K. Wong of the University of California, San Diego, United We Dream, the National Immigration Law Center, and the Center for American...
The House Reconciliation Bill’s Tax Provisions Will Increase Poverty and Penalize Immigrants
Ben D’Avanzo
Published Jun 10, 2025 Under the House-passed reconciliation bill, the tax code would be transformed into a system where immigrants subsidize trillions of dollars in tax breaks for wealthy citizens.