This week: Trump Administration’s Latest Threat to Immigrant Families
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
February 20, 2025
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New Executive Order Targets Immigrant Families’ Access to Essential Programs
CLASP released a statement condemning the Trump Administration latest executive order on immigration, which perpetuates misinformation and threatens the ability of immigrant families to access essential services.
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Young Workers Speak Out: New Perspectives on The Need for Paid Leave
This report analyzes the paid leave needs of young workers. A joint effort between CLASP, A Better Balance, and the National Collaborative for Transformative Youth Policy, “Young Workers Speak Out” uses detailed interviews to underscore the importance of adequate and accessible paid leave and offers recommendations for policymakers and employers.
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Our Nation’s Health Depends on Medicaid
Suzanne Wikle’s one-page overview of Medicaid looks at the potential harms that large cuts to the program could cause, from increasing child poverty to jeopardizing the stability of rural health centers.
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Black History Month
CLASP’s Black History Month blog series continues with two new installments. In “ Anti-Black Racism and Inefficacy in Temporary Staffing Agencies [[link removed]] ,” Lulit Shewan examines how temporary staffing agencies often engage in racist discrimination, refuse to fairly compensate workers, and exploit vulnerable communities. Kaelin Rapport’s “ Fighting Fires through Coercion: The Criminalization and Exploitation of Black Laborers [[link removed]] ” examines the coercive labor of incarcerated Black people in California, which uses incarcerated individuals as young as 18 as firefighters.
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In her new blog “ Putting a Face to the Cuts: The Human Cost of the Budget Resolution [[link removed]] ,” Teon Hayes examines the real-world consequences should Congress enact proposed cuts to agriculture, education, and Medicaid funding.
CLASP in the News
FEBRUARY 10, 2025 | THE GUARDIAN
How hardline anti-immigrant policies are threatening the right to education [[link removed]]
FEBRUARY 6, 2025 | THE HECHINGER REPORT
Child care centers were off limits to immigration authorities. How that’s changed [[link removed]]
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 | THE HECHINGER REPORT
1 in 5 child care workers is an immigrant. Trump’s deportations and raids have many terrified [[link removed]]
FEBRUARY 2025 | SSM-MENTAL HEALTH
“No data, no problem”? Potential inequities in psychosis among immigrants in the United States [[link removed]]
Recent Events
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February 11 | Suma Setty and Rachel Wilensky spoke to Child Care Aware of Minnesota about how providers can protect their facilities, staff, and families from immigration enforcement.
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February 11 | Alyssa Fortner, Ashley Burnside, and Teon Hayes presented to a cohort of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition on benefit cliffs in SNAP, TANF, and CCDF and how to mitigate them.
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February 10 | Suma Setty spoke to the Alliance for Early Success about the implications of federal immigration policy on early care/education.
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