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First Focus on Children hails injunction on public charge
| October 11, 2019 |
Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus on Children, made the following statement about today’s injunction of the Trump Administration’s public charge rule: “We are …
2019 Children’s Budget shows spending on debt outstrips spending on kids for first time
Michele Kayal | September 10, 2019 |
CONTACT: Michele Kayal, MicheleK@firstfocus.org, 703-919-8778. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 — The 2019 Children’s Budget book, released today by the bipartisan advocacy group First Focus on …
First Focus on Children calls for urgent action to address rise in uninsured children
Michele Kayal | September 10, 2019 |
Contact: Michele Kayal, MicheleK@firstfocus.org, text/call: 703-919-8778 The U.S. Census Bureau today released 2018 data that show the number of children without health insurance in America …
Alarming 2018 Census data spurs new call for national poverty targets
Michele Kayal | September 10, 2019 |
CONTACT: Michele Kayal, MicheleK@firstfocus.org, call/text: 703-919-8778 WASHINGTON — Data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau illustrates the failure of our government to lead …
Statement: Final Rule on Children in U.S. Custody Means More Kids in Cages for Indefinite Periods of Time
Michele Kayal | August 28, 2019 |
The Trump administration published a final rule on August 23, 2019 to gut national standards for the detention, release and treatment of immigrant children …
Press Conference: The Threat of the Public Charge Rule to America’s Children
Kristen Torres, Michele Kayal | August 16, 2019 |
The Trump Administration’s public charge rule, published August 14, 2019, targets family-based immigration and specifically singles out children. First Focus on Children hosted a …
Press Release: First Focus on Children calls public charge rule “morally reprehensible, economically foolish”
Michele Kayal | August 12, 2019 |
Urges Congress to block funding The Trump Administration’s new public charge rule, finalized today despite historic public opposition, imposes sweeping changes on long-standing, bipartisan …
Proposed Changes to SNAP will Overwhelmingly Harm Children
Michele Kayal | July 23, 2019 |
Today, the Trump Administration has proposed yet another rule that will make it harder for families with children to put food on the table. …
Statement on Trump Administration’s Plan for Mass Immigration Arrests
Michele Kayal | July 12, 2019 |
WASHINGTON — The Trump Administration reportedly plans to launch massive immigration raids over the weekend that specifically target children and families in major cities …
Press Release: SCOTUS decision on Census preserves the health, welfare and rights of millions of children
Michele Kayal | June 27, 2019 |
But Commerce Department must finalize forms on time to limit extent of undercount WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s decision to at least temporarily block …