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Reviving family detention will hurt children

| March 10, 2023 |

Advocate urges changes to the system instead On the recently reported news that the Biden Administration is considering reviving the policy of detention for


Statement: Biden budget signals commitment to children

| March 9, 2023 |

Congress must also support investments in children In response to President Biden’s release today of his FY 2024 budget proposal, First Focus on Children


“Fast not Fair:” New report highlights how children seeking asylum are fast-tracked for deportation

| March 7, 2023 |

Asylum practices specifically hurt children, report finds In a report released today, First Focus on Children and the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights


5 ways the asylum ban punishes children

| February 28, 2023 |

Kids will pay the price for system failures WASHINGTON, February 23, 2023 — The asylum ban proposed this week by the Biden Administration is likely to disqualify most migrants


State of the Union signals plan to support America’s children

| February 8, 2023 |

Child Tax Credit, mental health, child care among President’s prominent proposals In response to tonight’s State of the Union address, First Focus on Children President


SOTU signals plan to support America’s children

| February 8, 2023 |

Child Tax Credit, mental health, child care among President’s prominent proposals In response to tonight’s State of the Union address, First Focus on Children


New USDA guidelines would boost children’s health

| February 3, 2023 |

Advocate applauds “long overdue” standards First Focus on Children applauds the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its efforts to modernize federal nutrition standards for


Title 42 “is not an immigration policy,” advocate says

| December 21, 2022 |

Courts, Congress and Biden Administration must uphold U.S. tradition of welcome In response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s continuation of the pandemic border restrictions known as


Statement: Youngest children eligible for bivalent COVID-19

| December 9, 2022 |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week authorized bivalent COVID-19 boosters from both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech for use in children 6 months and older, making


REPORT: Big Ideas 2023 offers fresh proposals for improving the health, safety and well-being of children

| December 8, 2022 |

Today, First Focus on Children releases its 2023 edition of Big Ideas, an occasional series offering fresh proposals for improving the health, safety, and well-being