Child Health
Healthcare is Long Overdue for DACA Recipients
On April 13, 2023, the Biden Administration announced their plan to expand health care coverage to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.
Immigration
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Immigration
How You Can Stand With Dreamers
While renewals for existing DACA recipients will remain open, the case is headed back to a lower court to decide on the fate of the program.
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Immigration
Children's Defense Fund DACA Statement
DACA has been a government band-aid for delivering lasting protection for immigrants for a decade. Children's Defense Fund stands firmly with DACA recipients and all Dreamers and calls on Congress to enact a permanent legislative solution to provide a pathway to citizenship that these young people and their families need and deserve.
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Child Health
A Historic Bill for Health Care–and Our Fight Ahead
This month, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. What does this mean for Texas families and our fight for health justice in Texas?
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Immigration
It’s Time to LIFT the BAR
Everyone deserves the right to resources and opportunities they need to thrive. In the United States, millions of lawfully present immigrants cannot access critical resources.
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Child Health
Support AAPI Communities Every Month
This month we’re taking a moment to do just that and direct you to follow the partners who lead the work to uplift AAPI communities.
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Immigration
Children Need Safety and Support, Not Government Neglect: Texas and Florida Executive Orders Attack Unaccompanied Children
Thousands of children travel alone to the United States seeking safety. Unaccompanied children are put in the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which operates a network of facilities where children are placed as they wait to be reunited with their families.
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Immigration
Children Need Safety and Support, Not Government Neglect: Texas and Florida Executive Orders Attack Unaccompanied Children
Upon their arrival, unaccompanied children are put in the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), which operates a network of facilities where children are placed as they wait to be reunited with their families
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Immigration
Children Need Protection, Not Rejection: The Violence of Title 42
On April 1st, the Biden Administration announced it would terminate Title 42, a harmful policy that expels migrants and asylum-seekers in the U.S. back to the conditions they fled.
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Immigration
Children Need a Welcome, Not Endangerment: End MPP for All
Since 2019, at least 21,300 children seeking asylum in the United States have faced threats of violence and endured dangerous conditions as a result of the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), according to a February 2022 report from Human Rights Watch.
