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Immigration

Oppose SB 8 and HB 5580: Protect Texas Children and Families

Two harmful bills, Senate Bill 8 and House Bill 5580, are moving through the Texas Legislature. If passed, these bills would require sheriffs in counties with populations over 100,000 to request and accept agreements with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that authorize local officers to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in carrying out federal immigration enforcement.

April 24, 2025 | Texas

Child Health

North Texas Families to Discuss Impact of Potential Medicaid, SNAP Cuts on Children

On Monday, North Texas families will gather at Friendship-West Baptist Church to discuss how potential cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) could impact the region’s children.

April 15, 2025 | Texas

Protect Medicaid and SNAP Now

Join us and fellow Texans to discuss: proposed Medicaid/SNAP cuts, how to get involved, and share what Medicaid/SNAP means to your family.

April 14, 2025

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Child Health

CDF-Texas, Partners Respond as Trump Administration Reopens Child and Family Detention Centers in Texas

Children’s Defense Fund-Texas (CDF-Texas) and its youth and immigrant advocacy partners warn that President Donald Trump’s decision to reopen detention facilities in Texas to jail immigrant families could create an array of negative physical and mental impacts for children.

March 11, 2025 | Texas

Immigration

CDF, CDF-Texas Endorse ‘American Dream and Promise Act’ to Protect Nation’s Dreamers, Provide Path to Citizenship

Children’s Defense Fund and Children’s Defense Fund-Texas have endorsed the American Dream and Promise Act, legislation that would grant permanent protections to Dreamers, immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children, as well as individuals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED).

February 26, 2025 | Texas

Immigration

What to Know about Trump’s Executive Order Seeking to End Birthright Citizenship

On his first day back in office, President Trump announced an executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for certain children born in the U.S.

February 11, 2025 | Texas

Child Health

NEW: Georgetown University Study Shows Proposed Federal Medicaid Cuts Could Have Extreme Impact on Children in Rural Texas

The study found nearly one in three rural children in Texas depend on Medicaid. More than 239,000 children in Texas’ small towns rely on Medicaid/CHIP coverage.

January 16, 2025 | Texas

Immigration

Statement for the Record U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs “Remain in Mexico”

Based on our extensive expertise working at the intersection of immigration policy and child well-being, CDF-TX strongly opposes reinstatement of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), widely known as the Remain in Mexico policy.

Immigration

Vote NO on HR 29, Laken Riley Act

Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) and Children’s Defense Fund-Texas (CDF-Texas) urges you to vote NO on HR 29, the Laken Riley Act. This is not a border security bill. HR 29 is a discriminatory, anti-immigrant bill that violates the U.S. Constitution by rolling back basic due process protections that protect those who are wrongfully arrested from losing their immigration status.

January 9, 2025 | Texas

Immigration

Statement for the Record

CDF-TX strongly opposes the policy of mass deportations proposed by the incoming presidential administration.

December 19, 2024 | Texas