Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog speaks out against the Biden Administration's proposal to further restrict asylum applications and endorses legislation to redirect $100 billion in wasteful Pentagon spending to critical programs at home. And we unveil CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, a by-the-numbers look at how the pandemic harms the most vulnerable people and communities. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
CHN opposes President Biden's proposed asylum ban
February 23
Earlier this week, the Biden Administration proposed a rule that would ban many refugees from seeking asylum in the United States. Under this rule, most asylum seekers who cross into the United States between ports of entry or who present themselves at a port of entry without a previously-scheduled appointment will be considered ineligible for asylum, unless they previously sought and were denied protection in a country they traveled through to get to the United States. CHN opposes this proposed rule. READ MORE »
House measure seeks to rein in wasteful Pentagon spending, redirect funds to critical basic needs
February 22
On Wednesday, Reps. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) reintroduced the People Over Pentagon Act, which would cut $100 billion in defense spending and reallocate the funds to human needs programs. The Coalition on Human Needs immediately endorsed the legislation. READ MORE »
CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
February 24
The essentiality of SNAP edition. When the Great Recession took root in 2008 and worsened the following year, Congress did not act aggressively enough to protect America’s safety net. One result: as job losses escalated, hunger surged from 11.1 percent to 14.7 percent, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. But when the coronavirus pandemic caused an even worse (if shorter) disruption of the economy in the spring of 2020, Congress was more proactive. One of the measures it passed as part of an initial COVID-19 relief package was additional SNAP aid. READ MORE »
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