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Sign On: Oppose Proposed Public Charge Regulations |
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Public Charge on November 19, 2025 that—if finalized—could create fear, confusion, and barriers for millions of immigrant families seeking essential health, nutrition, and economic supports. PIF is coordinating a coalition-wide organizational sign-on comment opposing the 2025 DHS Public Charge NPRM. We invite your organization to join this effort and stand with immigrant families across the country. Read the comment and sign on by December 18 via the link below.
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Spread the Word: Communications Toolkit for Public Charge Proposal |
We have prepared a communications toolkit to help you take action against the proposed public charge rule and spread the word about our sign-on comment. In the toolkit, you’ll find a tip sheet to help you with media outreach, a sample pitch for local reporters, social media materials to promote our sign-on and to share when your organization has signed, and an email for you to share with your network encouraging them to sign our comment. Please use these tools to spread the word about the proposed rule and share widely with your networks!
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We’re Hiring!: Policy & Advocacy Director |
PIF is hiring a Policy & Advocacy Director based out of the greater DC area. The Policy & Advocacy Director will serve as our lead strategist on federal policy and lead the coalition’s work to protect and expand immigrant access to public benefits. This role will drive PIF’s policy agenda, develop federal legislative and regulatory strategies, consider policy implications and opportunities at the state level, and ensure the coalition is positioned as the national leader at the intersection of immigrant rights and public benefits.
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Good News: Updated Guidance on SNAP Eligibility |
In a rare piece of good news, USDA issued guidance to all SNAP state agencies that clarifies that LPRs who entered as or were granted a humanitarian immigrant status are eligible for SNAP without a five-year waiting period. The guidance, issued December 9, lists the following groups as not subject to a 5-year waiting period: refugees, people granted asylum and withholding of deportation, Cuban and Haitian Entrants, Amerasians, COFA migrants, American Indians born abroad, Hmong or Highland Laotian tribal members, Iraqi and Afghan Special immigrant visa holders, certain Afghans granted parole between July 31, 2021 and September 30, 2023; Certain Ukrainians granted parole between February 24, 2022, and September 30, 2024; and survivors of human trafficking.
Twenty states and DC had recently filed a lawsuit challenging the lack of clarity in USDA’s 10/31/25 guidance, and PIF had written a memo outlining why refugees and other humanitarian immigrants were statutorily exempt from the five-year bar.
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Know Your Rights: 5 Things Detained Parents Should Know |
Parents have a right to make decisions about the care and safety of their children, even while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. The National Immigration Law Center and Center for Law and Social Policy jointly developed a new resource, Five Things Parents Detained by ICE Should Know, for immigrant parents which details the rights that parents have while being apprehended and detained. Learn more and get the resource in English and Spanish via the link below.
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New Resource: Debunking 5 Myths about Immigration in the U.S. |
As families gather around the dinner table during the holidays, political debates are bound to come up—with immigration being no exception. To counter the misinformation on this contentious topic and keep the conversation productive, the American Immigration Council is here to bust five common myths about immigrants in the United States in their new resource, A Holiday Guide: Debunking 5 Myths about Immigration in the U.S. |
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Legislation: Dream Act Reintroduced |
Last week, Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the bipartisan Dream Act of 2025, a bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for people who came to the United States with their families as children. As litigation against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program continues, and the federal government continues to make unlawful arrests of DACA recipients and other immigrant youth, this legislation is urgently needed to finally provide a permanent solution to hundreds of thousands of longstanding immigrants and their families. Learn more about the Dream ACT in a new statement from the Children Thrive Action Network.
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Data Privacy: Amicus Brief on DHHS and ICE Data Sharing |
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and a coalition of legal aid, health care, and immigrant-serving organizations filed an amicus brief urging the court to halt the federal government’s new data sharing policy between the Department of Health and Human Services and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The policy was adopted without public notice and comment and will deter millions of people, including lawfully present immigrants and U.S. citizens, from seeking the health care they are eligible to receive. Learn more in their statement about the brief below.
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Protecting Immigrant Families Coalition
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Washington, DC 20043
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