This week: 2024 Poverty Data, Court Rulings on Immigrants
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
October 30, 2025
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White House and Congress Manufactured a Crisis that Threatens Jobs, Food Assistance, and Head Start and Will Increase Health Care Costs
CLASP’s latest statement on the government shutdown highlighted how the continuing stalemate, which now threatens access to food assistance, Head Start, and other programs, could have been avoided by Congressional leadership and the White House.
SNAP expert Parker Gilkesson Davis has also posted a video [[link removed]] breaking down the harm the loss of benefits and affordable health care could cause to millions of families.
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Without DALE, Employers Gain More Power to Exploit Workers
In a new blog, Diane Harris examines how the end of the Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement program, or DALE, places millions of immigrant workers at risk of workplace abuse and injuries.
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Fading to Invisible: Why Ending the USDA Food Security Report Makes Hunger in America Invisible
Parker Gilkesson Davis and Teon Hayes’s new brief looks at the end of the USDA Food Security Report, an annual examination of hunger in this country. They describe what the lack of this important data means for lawmakers, advocates, and the individuals and families who qualify for SNAP and other assistance programs.
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Trump is Making Your Workplace More Dangerous
Lulit Shewan’s blog focuses on how proposed regulatory changes at the Department of Labor could lead to unsafe working conditions for employees, particularly those in blue-collar industries.
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In “ Loan Forgiveness Becomes a Tool for Authoritarianism, [[link removed]] ” an op-ed today in Inside Higher Ed, Christian Collins examines how the Trump Administration is weaponizing student debt to further its law enforcement activities.
CLASP in the News
OCTOBER 27, 2025 | POLITIFACT
Who gets food stamps? Viral chart misleads about SNAP recipients’ race, ethnicity [[link removed]]
OCTOBER 27, 2025 | BALTIMORE SUN
Maryland universities issued $3.4 million in parking citations last year; more permits sold than spaces available [[link removed]]
OCTOBER 17, 2025 | AMERICA'S VOICE
The American Children of Mass Deportation: ‘The New Family Separation Crisis’ [[link removed]]
Recent Events
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On October 21, Priya Pandey presented at the Head Start Association Southwest Fall Conference in Dallas, TX, where she discussed how Head Start providers can support children in immigrant families.
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On October 22 , Wendy Cervantes participated in “Families Separated, Futures Stolen: Exposing the Harm of Trump’s Immigration Policy on Women and Children, ” a roundtable hosted by the Democratic Women’s Caucus and Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
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On October 22, Rachel Wilensky presented virtually at a California Early Childhood Policy Council meeting. She spoke about the impacts of the government shutdown on federal programs that support child care and early education , along with other related programs that families with young children and early educators rely on.
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On October 24 , Juan Carlos Gomez and Stephanie Schmit were panelists at the 2025 National Community Leadership Summit, titled “Unwavering Resistance: An Invitation to Beloved Community,” in Boston, MA. They spoke on the panel “Care and Immigration: What Advocates Need to Know about Centering and Supporting Immigrant Children, Families, and Early Educators.”
Upcoming Events
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On December 4, On December 4, CLASP presents the next installment of our Equity Matters virtual discussion series. “ Equity Matters: Philanthropy in the Crosshairs – Confronting the Perpetual Backlash Against Justice and Democracy, ” will include
Carmen Rojas, President and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, Monica Parisa Rabii, Vice President for Strategic Partnership Programs at NEO Philanthropy, Ashleigh Gardere , President, PolicyLink, Damien Conners, Senior Program Officer for Defending Inclusive Democracy at Kettering Foundation, and Edgar Villaneuva, Founder of the Decolonizing Wealth Project and Liberated Capital; author of Decolonizing Wealth.
Please join us [[link removed]] for a moderated and interactive discussion about how philanthropy may be targeted in the ongoing attacks on justice and democracy.
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