In case you missed it... this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reported on a new Trump Administration policy that could soon lead to the deportation of critically ill immigrant children and detailed the Trump Administration's plan to divert $155 million in disaster aid to ICE -- even as Hurricane Dorian bears down on the U.S. Please share with your networks!
This week on the blog...
Breaking: 'The Trump Administration is now literally deporting kids with cancer'
Aug. 30
Within the past several weeks, immigrant families with extremely ill children – children with cancer, muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, heart disease, HIV, and other life-threatening ailments – began receiving terse letters from the federal government. The letters informed them that their application to stay in the U.S. under what is known as “medical deferred action” had been denied, and they had 33 days to leave the country, meaning their children would have to forgo additional medical treatment. READ MORE »
With Hurricane Dorian looming, Trump Administration transfers $155 million in disaster aid to ICE
Aug. 28
As Puerto Rico braced for the impact of Tropical Storm Dorian, media reports emerged this week detailing the Trump Administration’s plan to divert at least $155 million in federal disaster aid in order to increase funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The $155 million, part of an even larger $271 million being taken from the Department of Homeland Security, would come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund. READ MORE »
Save the date! 2019 Human Needs Hero Reception
Wednesday, September 18th 5:30-7:30
AFL-CIO Gompers Room
815 16th St NW, Washington, DC
Honoring: Marian Wright Edelman and Peter Edelman
We are so pleased to invite you to our 16th annual Human Needs Hero reception! Please join us for an evening of food, drinks, and celebration.
Every year, the Coalition on Human Needs gathers advocates in our community, from neophytes to veterans with decades of experience, to celebrate our steadfast commitment to standing up for the most vulnerable in our society. And we’ve got a lot to celebrate: We’ve stood up against harmful cuts to programs like SNAP and worked to increase funding for human needs programs; fought for a fair and accurate Census; resisted attacks on immigrants; and much more.
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