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09/07/17

With the future of nearly 800,000 young people, our economy and our nation’s values on the line, MomsRising members across the country are mobilizing quickly to convince Congress to pass the DREAM Act , which would provide a path to legal status for young immigrants who were brought to the United...

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Immigration

09/06/17

By Tom K. Wong, Greisa Martinez Rosas, Adam Luna, Henry Manning, Adrian Reyna, Patrick O’Shea, Tom Jawetz , and Philip E. Wolgin Note: The survey results can be found here . For more information on the survey, please contact Tom K. Wong . Since it was first announced on June 15, 2012, the Deferred...

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Tom Wong

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09/06/17

President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is short-sighted, cruel and harmful to our nation’s economy and communities. Our country is strongest when we provide young people with hope and opportunity and when we help families stay together, not tear...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Immigration

09/05/17

President Trump’s heartless and damaging decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program will have dire consequences for our communities and our economy. Our diversity is what makes our nation strong, innovative and prosperous; and not the opposite. With this decision, the...

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Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

09/05/17

The Affordable Care Act’s mandate that Marketplace plans and all new private insurance plans , from 2012 on, cover birth control without requiring a copay or coinsurance is a critical component of the health care legislation. This mandate has made it possible for women to obtain highly effective...

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Isabella Higgins

Childcare & Early Education Social & Emotional Development

09/05/17

*** Want more information on raising multilingual children? Visit MomsRising's bilingual parenting resource site: http://action.momsrising.org/survey/bilingual_baby/?source=blog As the daughter of Cuban immigrants, I can say with confidence that few things have helped my professional and personal...

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Jeannina Perez

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

09/03/17

Dear friends: It's another big week. Hurricane Harvey has brought widespread devastation to millions of people and businesses. And rumors are that President Trump is planning to repeal DACA - the program that protects over 800,000 DREAMers - any day. At times like these we need to stand together...

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Karen Showalter

Health Care

09/03/17

August and September mean back to school in my house and in many others throughout the country. In preparation, we went through the annual rituals of gathering supplies, assessing clothing needs and the adjustment of bedtime for everyone in the house as we tried to get our bodies, as well as our...

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Rylin Rodgers

Family Economic Security Health Care

09/01/17

Quality, affordable healthcare coverage is incredibly important to families in the U.S. MomsRising has recieved thousands of messages from our volunteers with stories about why the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare), Medicaid, CHIP, and Medicare matter for the health of their families. This #...

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Isabella Higgins

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Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

09/01/17

Maria Solis, a 28-year-old pregnant mother of three who is married to a US citizen, has spent over four weeks at Otay Mesa detention center in San Diego, California, where she fears miscarrying due to a lack of access to the prenatal care she needs. Detaining her during her immigration proceeding...

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