Dear John,  

In this week's newsletter:

• The DACA Fight Continues

• Report on Immigrant Well Being

• Los Angeles Times Public Charge Explainer
• Trump Public Charge Regulation’s Persistent Chilling Effect

As you may know, a federal judge in Texas found DACA unlawful last week, setting up a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court. Importantly, the ruling does not affect people who currently have DACA. As summarized by our partners at United We Dream, the court’s order “allows current DACA recipients to continue with their renewals and advance parole for now.” This ruling comes as the Biden Administration is considering a health care expansion for some people, and has a direct impact on our work.  PIF issued a statement urging Congress to act. We’re also grateful for the leadership of our partners at United We Dream and other PIF member organizations.

Read UWD's Statement

Our friends at CLASP and the Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) have just published a new report entitled “If the Parents are Okay, the Children are Okay.” This qualitative research study, based on listening sessions with immigrant parents around the country, highlights the emotional and financial stresses our immigration system puts on families. The report also highlights the challenges and obstacles immigrant families face in accessing safety net programs. 

Read the Report

The LA Times ran a great article Sunday, explaining public charge and the current policy. The article cites PIF Director Adriana Cadena and PIF’s 2021 immigrant families survey documenting the ongoing public charge “chilling effect.” The paper partnered with KFF on a survey of its own (see below), finding comparable data on the chilling effect.

Read the Article

The LA Times story is part of a special series anchored on an immigrant families poll conducted by the Times and KFF. They surveyed more than 3,000 immigrants, making their poll more than triple the scale of our 2021 immigrant families poll, but it focuses only on immigrants and does not gauge the impact of public charge on immigrants’ US citizen relatives. Among its key findings was that 27% of “likely undocumented immigrants say they have avoided applying for government assistance with food, housing, or health care in the past year due to immigration-related fears.”

Read the Poll on the KFF Site

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