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[1] Yesterday, the House passed a Department of Homeland Security spending bill that would funnel millions of dollars in additional funding to ICE to terrorize our families, children, and communities.
January 23, 2026 at 5:55 PM
[1] Yesterday, the House passed a Department of Homeland Security spending bill that would funnel millions of dollars in additional funding to ICE to terrorize our families, children, and communities.
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Congress is considering a bill that would provide statutory authority for states to use federal TANF funds toward anti-abortion centers, also known as crisis pregnancy centers. TANF funds should go to families with low incomes, not toward centers that shame women.
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Use TANF Funding For Cash Assistance, Not Crisis Pregnancy Centers | CLASP
All pregnant people should have the right to make their own reproductive decisions, free from legal restrictions; misleading, coercive, or false health information; and financial constraints. TANF can...
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January 21, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Congress is considering a bill that would provide statutory authority for states to use federal TANF funds toward anti-abortion centers, also known as crisis pregnancy centers. TANF funds should go to families with low incomes, not toward centers that shame women.
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As CLASP releases “The First Year of Trump’s Second Term: Harms to Children, Families, and Workers,” a new timeline showing how the Trump Admin remade the federal landscape in 2025.
January 23, 2026 at 10:02 AM
As CLASP releases “The First Year of Trump’s Second Term: Harms to Children, Families, and Workers,” a new timeline showing how the Trump Admin remade the federal landscape in 2025.
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[1] Today, children’s advocacy organizations called on Congress to reject additional federal funding for Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE).
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Children’s Advocates to Congress: Protect Our Children, No More Money to ICE - Children Thrive Action Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, [email protected] Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, [email protected] Washington, D.C., January 20, 2026—In...
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January 20, 2026 at 10:01 PM
[1] Today, children’s advocacy organizations called on Congress to reject additional federal funding for Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE).
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Our @clasp.org fact sheet that we developed in collaboration with If/When/How explains the harm of using TANF dollars toward crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs). CPCs often use shame and misinformation to pressure people away from getting an abortion. www.clasp.org/publications...
Use TANF Funding For Cash Assistance, Not Crisis Pregnancy Centers | CLASP
All pregnant people should have the right to make their own reproductive decisions, free from legal restrictions; misleading, coercive, or false health information; and financial constraints. TANF can...
www.clasp.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Our @clasp.org fact sheet that we developed in collaboration with If/When/How explains the harm of using TANF dollars toward crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs). CPCs often use shame and misinformation to pressure people away from getting an abortion. www.clasp.org/publications...
As CLASP releases “The First Year of Trump’s Second Term: Harms to Children, Families, and Workers,” a new timeline showing how the Trump Admin remade the federal landscape in 2025.
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The First Year of Trump’s Second Term: Harms to Children, Families, and Workers | CLASP
CLASP’s new timeline, “The First Year of Trump’s Second Term: Harms to Children, Families, and Workers,” provides a clear illustration of just some of the ways that President Trump and his administrat...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:12 PM
As CLASP releases “The First Year of Trump’s Second Term: Harms to Children, Families, and Workers,” a new timeline showing how the Trump Admin remade the federal landscape in 2025.
www.clasp.org/publications...
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New story from @veritenews.org features @sumasetty.bsky.social discussing the increase in parents turning to temporary guardianship to keep their children safe in case separated by ICE.
“The reason why these are becoming more popular is because parents are terrified”
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“The reason why these are becoming more popular is because parents are terrified”
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Fearing arrest and deportation, immigrant parents look for willing guardians for their kids - Verite News New Orleans
Local immigrant rights groups said that since Trump’s crackdown began, more parents have shown an interest in arranging temporary guardianships in the event that they are picked up.
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January 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
New story from @veritenews.org features @sumasetty.bsky.social discussing the increase in parents turning to temporary guardianship to keep their children safe in case separated by ICE.
“The reason why these are becoming more popular is because parents are terrified”
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“The reason why these are becoming more popular is because parents are terrified”
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ICE out of our schools, daycare centers, and cities NOW!
Powerful perspective from a dad and PE teacher:
"If the goal of immigration policy is public safety, then we must ask: safe for whom? Because my kids do not feel safer. My students do not feel safer. My neighbors do not feel safer."
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"If the goal of immigration policy is public safety, then we must ask: safe for whom? Because my kids do not feel safer. My students do not feel safer. My neighbors do not feel safer."
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Opinion | When ICE comes for our kids’ caregivers, no one is safe
The staff member taken from our school wasn't a statistic, Tim Bergslien writes. "They are someone who greeted my kids by name, who wiped tears, tied shoes and helped create the stable environment eve...
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January 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
ICE out of our schools, daycare centers, and cities NOW!
Powerful perspective from a dad and PE teacher:
"If the goal of immigration policy is public safety, then we must ask: safe for whom? Because my kids do not feel safer. My students do not feel safer. My neighbors do not feel safer."
www.startribune.com/ice-immigrat...
"If the goal of immigration policy is public safety, then we must ask: safe for whom? Because my kids do not feel safer. My students do not feel safer. My neighbors do not feel safer."
www.startribune.com/ice-immigrat...
Opinion | When ICE comes for our kids’ caregivers, no one is safe
The staff member taken from our school wasn't a statistic, Tim Bergslien writes. "They are someone who greeted my kids by name, who wiped tears, tied shoes and helped create the stable environment eve...
www.startribune.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Powerful perspective from a dad and PE teacher:
"If the goal of immigration policy is public safety, then we must ask: safe for whom? Because my kids do not feel safer. My students do not feel safer. My neighbors do not feel safer."
www.startribune.com/ice-immigrat...
"If the goal of immigration policy is public safety, then we must ask: safe for whom? Because my kids do not feel safer. My students do not feel safer. My neighbors do not feel safer."
www.startribune.com/ice-immigrat...
The Trump Administration is using politically motivated, racist, and anti-immigrant commentary to villainize those who oppose them and excuse the illegal withholding of federal funding. Children, families, and child care providers will suffer from these actions.
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Freezing $10 Billion in Federal Funding Will Harm Children and Families | CLASP
The Trump Administration is using politically motivated, racist, and anti-immigrant commentary to villainize those who oppose them and excuse the illegal withholding of federal funding. Children, fami...
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January 9, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The Trump Administration is using politically motivated, racist, and anti-immigrant commentary to villainize those who oppose them and excuse the illegal withholding of federal funding. Children, families, and child care providers will suffer from these actions.
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“We literally save empty paper towel rolls for our art projects,” one provider said. “[This] will destabilize our entire budget.”
Child Care Providers Raise Alarms About Trump’s Blue-State Funding Freeze
“We literally save empty paper towel rolls for our art projects,” one provider said. “[This] will destabilize our entire budget.”
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January 8, 2026 at 10:26 PM
“We literally save empty paper towel rolls for our art projects,” one provider said. “[This] will destabilize our entire budget.”
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As @repstansbury.bsky.social said in today’s Oversight hearing, the admin’s attacks on child care are part of a larger effort to defund social services.
These attacks make child care more expensive for families, make children less safe, and make it harder for programs to stay open #FundChildCare
These attacks make child care more expensive for families, make children less safe, and make it harder for programs to stay open #FundChildCare
January 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM
As @repstansbury.bsky.social said in today’s Oversight hearing, the admin’s attacks on child care are part of a larger effort to defund social services.
These attacks make child care more expensive for families, make children less safe, and make it harder for programs to stay open #FundChildCare
These attacks make child care more expensive for families, make children less safe, and make it harder for programs to stay open #FundChildCare
CLASP abhors the fatal shooting by ICE of an unarmed woman in Minneapolis and calls for Congress and the state and local officials to hold this administration accountable for the irreversible harm they have caused.
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January 7, 2026 at 10:58 PM
CLASP abhors the fatal shooting by ICE of an unarmed woman in Minneapolis and calls for Congress and the state and local officials to hold this administration accountable for the irreversible harm they have caused.
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The Trump Admin is freezing funds for a small but mighty safety net program. Here's what you need to know:
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Trump is freezing funds for small but key welfare program. Here’s what TANF does | CNN Politics
As part of its claims of widespread fraud in the federal safety net, the Trump administration is halting $10 billion in funding for several programs in five Democrat-led states.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Trump Admin is freezing funds for a small but mighty safety net program. Here's what you need to know:
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See @clasp.org's statement on child care providers being attacked by "influencers," and how the federal government's response will threaten access to vital child care for children and families throughout the nation: www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
Child Care Providers Across Many States Attacked by “Influencers”; HHS Response Threatens Access for Children and Families | CLASP
Washington, D.C., January 5, 2026 — Last week, an ill-informed YouTube “influencer” accused child care centers run by Somali providers in Minnesota of fraud. In response to these accusations and witho...
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January 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
See @clasp.org's statement on child care providers being attacked by "influencers," and how the federal government's response will threaten access to vital child care for children and families throughout the nation: www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
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Read @clasp.org's statement on the accusations of child care fraud in Minnesota and the administration’s harmful response. www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
Child Care Providers Across Many States Attacked by “Influencers”; HHS Response Threatens Access for Children and Families | CLASP
Washington, D.C., January 5, 2026 — Last week, an ill-informed YouTube “influencer” accused child care centers run by Somali providers in Minnesota of fraud. In response to these accusations and witho...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Read @clasp.org's statement on the accusations of child care fraud in Minnesota and the administration’s harmful response. www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
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The Trump Administration has frozen federal child care funding in Minnesota, putting over 20,000 children at risk of losing care, destabilizing working families, and threatening the livelihoods of child care providers. Read more: childcareforeveryfamily.org/news
#FundChildCare #ReleaseTheFunds
#FundChildCare #ReleaseTheFunds
January 2, 2026 at 8:33 PM
The Trump Administration has frozen federal child care funding in Minnesota, putting over 20,000 children at risk of losing care, destabilizing working families, and threatening the livelihoods of child care providers. Read more: childcareforeveryfamily.org/news
#FundChildCare #ReleaseTheFunds
#FundChildCare #ReleaseTheFunds
If the new documentation requirements are the same or more onerous, chronically underfunded providers will struggle to remain open.
“We already know that child care providers don’t have additional time to do things like this,” said @scschmit.bsky.social
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“We already know that child care providers don’t have additional time to do things like this,” said @scschmit.bsky.social
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Day cares say they are unfairly punished over misleading Minnesota video
The Trump administration announced federal child care funding restrictions after a viral video by a conservative activist suggested Minneapolis day cares operated fraudulently.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:49 PM
If the new documentation requirements are the same or more onerous, chronically underfunded providers will struggle to remain open.
“We already know that child care providers don’t have additional time to do things like this,” said @scschmit.bsky.social
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“We already know that child care providers don’t have additional time to do things like this,” said @scschmit.bsky.social
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“If [Tatiana] loses her work permit, it will add to the acute shortage of child care workers that is making it harder for American parents to go to work.” @lydiadepillis.bsky.social
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration
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December 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“If [Tatiana] loses her work permit, it will add to the acute shortage of child care workers that is making it harder for American parents to go to work.” @lydiadepillis.bsky.social
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
We're pleased to see @juliesulabor.bsky.social tapped for this critical role. She's dedicated her career to fighting for economic security, and she'll do an amazing job for millions of New Yorkers!
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Mamdani Names Deputy Mayors for Housing and Economic Justice
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December 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We're pleased to see @juliesulabor.bsky.social tapped for this critical role. She's dedicated her career to fighting for economic security, and she'll do an amazing job for millions of New Yorkers!
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[1] Today, children’s advocacy organizations submitted a public comment to the federal government opposing their proposed “Public Charge” rule, which would bring significant harm to children in immigrant families.
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Nearly 200 Children’s Advocacy Organizations Oppose Proposed Rule That Will Bring Harm to Children and Immigrant Families - Children Thrive Action Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, [email protected] Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, [email protected] Washington, DC, December 19, 2025—Tod...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
[1] Today, children’s advocacy organizations submitted a public comment to the federal government opposing their proposed “Public Charge” rule, which would bring significant harm to children in immigrant families.
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**NEW RESOURCE ALERT: Know Your Rights: Five Things Parents Detained by ICE Should Know **
Parents have the right to make decisions about the care and safety of their children, even while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
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Parents have the right to make decisions about the care and safety of their children, even while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
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Know Your Rights: Five Things Parents Detained by ICE Should Know | CLASP
We know that ICE does not always honor people’s rights. However, below are five things to know about your parental rights under the policy and how to ask for them.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
**NEW RESOURCE ALERT: Know Your Rights: Five Things Parents Detained by ICE Should Know **
Parents have the right to make decisions about the care and safety of their children, even while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
www.clasp.org/publications...
Parents have the right to make decisions about the care and safety of their children, even while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
www.clasp.org/publications...
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Since taking office on January 20, the Trump Administration has repeatedly undermined families’ access to child care and early education. See @CLASP_DC’s latest factsheet for a timeline and detailed documentation of the administration’s actions. www.clasp.org/publications...
How the Trump Administration has Undermined Child Care and Early Education Programs in 2025 | CLASP
By Shira Small, Rachel Wilensky, and Stephanie Schmit Since taking office on January 20, the Trump Administration has repeatedly undermined families’ access to child care and early education—dispropor...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Since taking office on January 20, the Trump Administration has repeatedly undermined families’ access to child care and early education. See @CLASP_DC’s latest factsheet for a timeline and detailed documentation of the administration’s actions. www.clasp.org/publications...
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My latest for @clasp.org is a blog on the SCORE Act, a dangerous bill for #highered that has flown under the radar.
The only crisis facing college sports is one of leadership, and students are being failed by their institutions and by Congress.
#NCAA #EduSky
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The only crisis facing college sports is one of leadership, and students are being failed by their institutions and by Congress.
#NCAA #EduSky
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The SCORE Act Would Harm College Athletes by Codifying Inequity into Federal Law | CLASP
This legislation is an attempt by Congress to pass the blame from its own inaction onto students who are only seeking the right to be paid for their labor.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My latest for @clasp.org is a blog on the SCORE Act, a dangerous bill for #highered that has flown under the radar.
The only crisis facing college sports is one of leadership, and students are being failed by their institutions and by Congress.
#NCAA #EduSky
www.clasp.org/blog/the-sco...
The only crisis facing college sports is one of leadership, and students are being failed by their institutions and by Congress.
#NCAA #EduSky
www.clasp.org/blog/the-sco...
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As people face rising grocery prices and an uncertain economy, community groups across the country are rallying volunteers with creative ways to ensure their neighbors don’t go hungry.
With lasagna and burritos, neighbors feed one another as food prices soar
As people face rising grocery prices and an uncertain economy, community groups are rallying volunteers with creative ways to ensure their neighbors don’t go hungry.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
As people face rising grocery prices and an uncertain economy, community groups across the country are rallying volunteers with creative ways to ensure their neighbors don’t go hungry.