This week: Medicaid Cuts, Introducing New Fellowship, Higher Education
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RECENTLY FROM CLASP
December 11, 2025
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Impact of Medicaid Cuts in H.R. 1 on Non-Expansion States
Suzanne Wikle’s new brief outlines how states that have chosen not to expand Medicaid are still harmed by the Medicaid and Marketplace provisions in the reconciliation bill passed in July.
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CLASP Welcomes New Child Care and Early Education Policy Fellowship Cohort
The CLASP Child Care and Early Education Policy Fellowship for Parents is designed to center and elevate the lived experiences of parents in the national child care policy space and integrate this expertise with the work of our Child Care and Early Education team. We’re pleased to welcome our first cohort of parent fellows, Alecia Murray and Lily Ana Marquez!
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How the SCORE Act Could Harm College Athletes
Christian Collins’s new blogs analyze how Congress, through both the Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsement (SCORE) Act and reconciliation, could negatively impact student athletes by removing labor protections and eligibility for Pell grants, among other harms. As a result of our advocacy and that of others, the SCORE Act was pulled from the House floor.
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Op-ed on Criminalization of Homelessness Gains National Reach
Last week, Jesse Fairbanks, Kaelin Rapport, and Isha Weerasinghe published an op-ed in The Progressive [[link removed]] , “Encampments Criminalize the Homeless,” describing a proposal in Utah that could lead to adoption elsewhere. The piece was syndicated by Tribune News Service and, so far, has gotten republished in many other states, including Kentucky [[link removed]] , Washington [[link removed]] , Tennessee [[link removed]] , South Carolina [[link removed]] , North Carolina ( Raleigh [[link removed]] , Charlotte [[link removed]] , and Durham [[link removed]] ) and New York [[link removed]] .
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In their new fact sheet, “ Trump’s Racist Attacks Against TPS Will Rip Apart Families, Harm Local Economies, and Endanger Thousands, [[link removed]] ” Lulit Shewan and Emily Rodriguez examine how the Trump Administration’s plan to remove Temporary Protected Status from migrants will hurt families and communities.
CLASP in the News
DECEMBER 10, 2025 | USA TODAY
This nanny is a citizen, but her brother’s deportation has made work unbearable [[link removed]]
DECEMBER 10, 2025 | THE NEW REPUBLIC
What Does It Mean to Be in an “Affordability Crisis”? [[link removed]]
DECEMBER 8, 2025 | SIERRA
Farmworkers Brave Deadly Heat, Pollution, and ICE Raids [[link removed]]
DECEMBER 3, 2025 | THE HECHINGER REPORT
Child care workers are building a network of resistance against ICE [[link removed]]
DECEMBER 2, 2025 | THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY
Stronger Together: the Benefits of Joining Nonprofit Networks [[link removed]]
NOVEMBER 26, 2025 | LOS ANGELES TIMES (EN ESPAÑOL)
Nuevo giro en la regla de ‘public charge’ contra immigrantes: comentarios abiertos hast el 19 de diciembre [[link removed]]
Recent Events
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On Wednesday, December 3 , Juan Carlos Gomez presented at a roundtable for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus about the proposed public charge rule. He was joined by colleagues from the National Immigration Law Center and the Protecting Immigrant Families coalition.
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On Monday, December 8 , Juan Carlos Gomez presented on a webinar co-hosted by CLASP, the Coalition on Human Needs, and the National Immigration Law Center on the rapidly escalating threats facing immigrant communities.
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On Tuesday, December 9, Wendy Chun-Hoon participated in “The Road Ahead: Finding Clarity Amidst the Chaos,” a panel discussion hosted by the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute. The event explored federal interference and local budget cuts that threaten D.C. residents’ health, safety, and economic stability.
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