Immigration

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration

December 22, 2017

It is truly appalling that the continuing resolution Congress passed today to fund the government through January 19 fails to include adequate funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and protections for DREAMers. As a result, millions of families will face fear and uncertainty...

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Immigration MomsRising Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

December 21, 2017

Meet Elias. He is one of 800,000 Dreamers fighting for their ability to continue with their lives in the United States. Dreamers are young people that were brought to the U.S. as children. Many Dreamers, like Elias, did not know that they were not citizens until they were unable to pursue their...

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Carolina Rubio-MacWright

Immigration

December 21, 2017

Te presento a Elías, él es uno de los 800,000 DREAMers que en este momento se encuentran peleando por poder continuar en este país. Los DREAMers son jóvenes que fueron traídos a los EE.UU como ni ños. Muchos DREAMers como Elias, no sabían que no eran ciudadanos hasta que se dieron cuenta que no...

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Carolina Rubio-MacWright

Immigration Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

December 21, 2017

DREAMers, along with temporary protected status ("TPS") holders, are fighting for a legislative solution that will allow them to continue pursuing their dreams in our nation while also contributing to our economy. TPS is a form of temporary humanitarian relief that Congress established, whereby the...

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Carolina Rubio-MacWright

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration

December 20, 2017

The clock is tick…tick…ticking! And we are still fighting for families in our nation. The GOP just pushed through a destructive tax plan while ignoring some important work that has to be done before 2018—and we are doubling down. The U.S. Congress is on the clock to pass a funding bill by 11:59 pm...

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Elyssa Schmier

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

December 11, 2017

The Coalition on Human Needs just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report, a regular newsletter on national policy affecting low-income and vulnerable populations. Read on for articles on Congress’s tax cut bill, avoiding a shutdown, disaster aid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Dreamers, and more.

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Lecia Imbery

Families & The Federal Budget Gun Safety Health Care Immigration

December 11, 2017

We're making a holiday action list and checking it twice! Gonna tell our decision makers who's naughty or nice. Moms are coming to town ... Please join us to take urgent action on a suite of red-hot priorities this week! And be sure to share with friends and family too. Together we're making this...

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Karen Showalter

Immigration MomsRising

November 15, 2017

One week before Thanksgiving, MomsRising, SEIU, Herd on the Hill, Mormon Women for Ethical Governance, UndocuBlack, CASA and allies will visit Capitol Hill to tell members of Congress why they’re thankful for the immigrants in their lives. The groups will also remind members of Congress that the...

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

November 13, 2017

The Coalition on Human Needs just released the latest edition of the Human Needs Report, a regular newsletter on national policy affecting low-income and vulnerable populations. Read on for articles on the House and Senate tax cut bills, year-end spending deals, disaster aid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, policies hurting immigrant communities, and more.

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Lecia Imbery

Immigration MomsRising

November 7, 2017

The Department of Homeland Security decision, announced last night, to withdraw Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from some 2,500 immigrants from Nicaragua is heartless and wrong. Most of these immigrants have been living in the United States for nearly 20 years and have children who were born here...

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