*This week:* Public charge rule, paid sick days
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August 15, 2019
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Public Charge Rule Published
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This week, the Trump Administration published the final "public charge" rule that aims to prevent millions of immigrant families from accessing health care and other programs or risk denial of lawful permanent status in the United States. As co-chairs of the Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) campaign with the National Immigration Law Center, CLASP is actively involved in fighting the new rule, explaining its implications to advocates and others, and discussing the issue with the news media
CLASP was quoted in many media outlets, including:
* Washington Post [ [link removed] ].
* Miami Herald [ [link removed] ].
* Financial Times [ [link removed] ].
* The American Prospect [ [link removed] ].
* Marketplace [ [link removed] ].
* Public News Service [ [link removed] ].
* Arab American News [ [link removed] ].
* Baptist Standard [ [link removed] ].
READ OUR STATEMENT [ [link removed] ] VISIT PIF WEBSITE [ [link removed] ]
Mississippi Worksite Raids Leave Hundreds of Children Stranded Without Parents and Raise Concerns About ICE Policy [ [link removed] ] CLASP responded to last week's series of worksite raids in Mississippi, resulting in the arrest of nearly 700 individuals and leaving many children stranded when they arrived home from school. We published a statement, and Olivia Golden was quoted in U.S. News and World Report. [ [link removed] ]
OUR STATEMENT [ [link removed] ]
Paid Sick Days in Minneapolis: Lessons on Implementation and Enforcement [ [link removed] ] This brief highlights how advocates advanced sick and safe time legislation and describes best practices established by the agency and partner organizations to educate the community about the new law.
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CLASP in the News
AUGUST 14, 2019 | COMMUNITY COLLEGE DAILY
All in on apprenticeships [ [link removed] ]
AUGUST 12, 2019 | AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Pathways for addressing deep poverty [ [link removed] ]
AUGUST 6, 2019 | EDUCATION DIVE
College groups voice support for bill to help students get SNAP benefits [ [link removed] ]
AUGUST 5, 2019 | THE AMERICAN PROSPECT
We're Having the Wrong Debate about the Border [ [link removed] ]
JULY 31, 2019 | CITY LAB
For Democratic Candidates, Infrastructure Isn't Just Highways [ [link removed] ]
Upcoming Events
On *August 29*, Wendy Cervantes and Hannah Matthews will present at the Community Action Partnership Convention in Chicago about immigration policy.
Recent Events
On *August 10*, Nia West-Bey spoke at the American Psychological Association Convention in Chicago about the power of psychology in the fight against deep poverty.
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