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12/23/17

We are alarmed and horrified by reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering formalizing a policy of separating parents from their children when families come to this country seeking protection or asylum, and by complaints that DHS has already done so in several cases. This...

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Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Maternal Justice

12/22/17

Today, in a desperate attempt to claim a single legislative victory in 2017, President Donald Trump signed the GOP’s atrocious tax bill into law. Trump ran on the promise that he would stand up for working families, yet the legislation he signed today will plunge the country deeper into debt, cause...

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Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration

12/22/17

It is truly appalling that the continuing resolution Congress passed today to fund the government through January 19 fails to include adequate funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and protections for DREAMers. As a result, millions of families will face fear and uncertainty...

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12/22/17

2017 has been a tough year on all of us fighting the Trump agenda. And it’s not getting easier. The Republican led Congress just passed a disaster of a tax bill that was everything Trump wanted. We’re teetering on the edge of a government shutdown. And rumors abound about an attempt to shut down...

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Politics & Policy

12/22/17

A friend shared a story I love about our mutual friend and mentor Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr. some years ago. It was Christmas Eve and the pews at New York City’s Riverside Church were packed. The Christmas pageant was underway and had come to the point at which the innkeeper was to turn away...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Immigration MomsRising Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

12/21/17

Meet Elias. He is one of 800,000 Dreamers fighting for their ability to continue with their lives in the United States. Dreamers are young people that were brought to the U.S. as children. Many Dreamers, like Elias, did not know that they were not citizens until they were unable to pursue their...

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Carolina Rubio-MacWright

Paid Family Leave

12/21/17

With a newborn, the days are long but the years are short. My baby turned ten weeks this past weekend. Which means I have two more weeks of maternity leave. Yes, I am on maternity leave. No, maternity leave is not a vacation. To the employers who consider maternity leave is for fun or moms on...

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To-wen Tseng

Immigration Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

12/21/17

DREAMers, along with temporary protected status ("TPS") holders, are fighting for a legislative solution that will allow them to continue pursuing their dreams in our nation while also contributing to our economy. TPS is a form of temporary humanitarian relief that Congress established, whereby the...

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Carolina Rubio-MacWright

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Family Economic Security Paid Family Leave

12/20/17

Today marks exactly one year since the DC Council voted to pass the Universal Paid Leave Act. I wish I could say we were still celebrating and preparing for its implementation, but instead we need to protect the law from being repealed and replaced with a weak and harmful alternative.

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Sara Alcid

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security

12/20/17

The tax plan Congress passed today, on a partisan basis, is an insult to our country’s working families. This atrocious bill was written hastily and in secret, then pushed through to a vote despite overwhelming public opposition. Its aim is clear: to cut taxes for corporations and wealthy...

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