Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog celebrates passage of the American Rescue Plan, historic, sweeping legislation that will lift 13 million people out of poverty, including 5.7 million children. And we examine President Biden's efforts to enact a more humanitarian immigration policy. Finally, we unveil this week's COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, a by-the-numbers glance at how the pandemic is affecting people with low incomes and other vulnerable populations. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
Coalition on Human Needs hails passage of American Rescue Plan: 'Help is on the way'
March 10
Help is on the way. President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, enacted today by Congress, will offer badly needed help to protect our people from the pandemic’s threats. It is of the scope needed to speed vaccines across the nation and to help families withstand the economic blows that still afflict us. READ MORE »
COVID-19 complicates progress toward a more humane immigration system
March 11
It’s no secret that Donald Trump’s immigration policies were not popular with a large segment of the American public. From Trump’s Muslim travel ban, derailing family reunification policies, detaining migrants at the border, and pausing the processing of Green cards, the Biden Administration has scrambled to undo these immigration policies. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nearly every aspect of normal federal immigration function. READ MORE »
CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
March 12
The victory lap edition. Help is on the way. Yesterday President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan. The plan is bold enough to meet the twin problems of pandemic and recession; The New York Times calls it “virtually without precedent in recent American politics.” READ MORE »
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