CLASP Urges Senate to Reject Funding Bill that Will Endanger More Lives 

CLASP’s statement on the Department of Homeland Security’s funding bill urged Congress to reject any legislation that further empowers Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Trump Administration to terrorize children, families, and communities. 

Stop Terrorizing our Kids: How Immigration Agents are Harming Children and What Policymakers Can Do to Stop It 

This new brief from Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN), which CLASP co-founded, highlights how children have been harmed by immigration actions in the first month of 2026, and calls on Congress to reject additional funding for ICE and Customs and Border Protection. 

Public Benefits and Food Inclusivity: A View into the Plant-Based Food World 

For the second blog in her series, Ashley Blair, a member of CLASP’s Community Partnership Group, examines the ability of SNAP and WIC recipients to purchase the food that aligns with their dietary needs or cultural or personal preferences. 

Child Care and Development Fund Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Comment 

CLASP submitted a comment opposing the administration’s notice of proposed rulemaking that would change how the Child Care and Development Fund program supports families who need child care and care providers.

The new report “ICE Activity in Trump 2.0 is Increasing Employment and Decreasing Full-Time School Enrollment for Teens in Mixed-Status Families” found that since the beginning of the second Trump Administration, fewer U.S.-born teenagers in mixed-status families were attending school, due in large part to the need to financially support parents who could no longer work because of their immigration status.