Children Thrive Action Network
@letkidsthrive.bsky.social
A network of advocates & service providers at the national, state, & local levels who work directly with or on behalf of children in immigrant families.
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Manteniéndonos Íntegros y Unidos: Una Carta de Amor y Guía de Apoyo Para Familias Inmigrantes - Children Thrive Action Network
Los recientes ataques del gobierno federal han dejado un impacto duradero en las familias y comunidades inmigrantes. Durante estos tiempos difíciles, reconocemos el impacto mental que están enfrentand...
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CTAN is honored to collaborate with @justiceleaders.bsky.social, National Parents Union, and compassionate partners to share a Love Letter to Immigrant Families. Please share widely to let immigrant parents know they are seen, heard, & cared for!
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[1] Today, children’s advocacy organizations submitted a public comment to the federal government opposing their proposed “Public Charge” rule, which would bring significant harm to children in immigrant families.
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Nearly 200 Children’s Advocacy Organizations Oppose Proposed Rule That Will Bring Harm to Children and Immigrant Families - Children Thrive Action Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Washington, DC, December 19, 2025—Tod...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
[1] Today, children’s advocacy organizations submitted a public comment to the federal government opposing their proposed “Public Charge” rule, which would bring significant harm to children in immigrant families.
childrenthriveaction.org/2025/12/near...
childrenthriveaction.org/2025/12/near...
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**NEW RESOURCE ALERT: Know Your Rights: Five Things Parents Detained by ICE Should Know **
Parents have the right to make decisions about the care and safety of their children, even while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
www.clasp.org/publications...
Parents have the right to make decisions about the care and safety of their children, even while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
www.clasp.org/publications...
Know Your Rights: Five Things Parents Detained by ICE Should Know | CLASP
We know that ICE does not always honor people’s rights. However, below are five things to know about your parental rights under the policy and how to ask for them.
www.clasp.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
**NEW RESOURCE ALERT: Know Your Rights: Five Things Parents Detained by ICE Should Know **
Parents have the right to make decisions about the care and safety of their children, even while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
www.clasp.org/publications...
Parents have the right to make decisions about the care and safety of their children, even while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
www.clasp.org/publications...
[1] Children, parents, and childcare workers are experiencing the troubling consequences of harsh immigration actions in our communities.
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
[1] Children, parents, and childcare workers are experiencing the troubling consequences of harsh immigration actions in our communities.
[1] Today @durbin.senate.gov & Sen Murkowski introduced the bipartisan Dream Act of 2025 which would provide a pathway to citizenship for people who came to the U.S. with their families as children. The time is NOW to pass this bill! Read CTAN's statement:
childrenthriveaction.org/2025/12/chil...
childrenthriveaction.org/2025/12/chil...
Children’s Advocates Applaud Reintroduction of the Dream Act to Provide Pathway to Citizenship for Young Immigrants - Children Thrive Action Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Washington, DC, December 4, 2025—Toda...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
[1] Today @durbin.senate.gov & Sen Murkowski introduced the bipartisan Dream Act of 2025 which would provide a pathway to citizenship for people who came to the U.S. with their families as children. The time is NOW to pass this bill! Read CTAN's statement:
childrenthriveaction.org/2025/12/chil...
childrenthriveaction.org/2025/12/chil...
Parents detained by ICE have rights! Under its own policies, ICE is supposed to ensure that detained parents can make decisions about who cares for their children and what happens to them after a parent is deported..
Here are 5 things for parents to know about the policy (1/4)
Here are 5 things for parents to know about the policy (1/4)
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Parents detained by ICE have rights! Under its own policies, ICE is supposed to ensure that detained parents can make decisions about who cares for their children and what happens to them after a parent is deported..
Here are 5 things for parents to know about the policy (1/4)
Here are 5 things for parents to know about the policy (1/4)
Join us for a powerful discussion on the negative impact policy wars are having on families and communities.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Join us for a powerful discussion on the negative impact policy wars are having on families and communities.
Register Here: tinyurl.com/mr2vynr9
Register Here: tinyurl.com/mr2vynr9
[1] A new proposed rule would allow DHS to deny people green cards based on their past or potential use of federal health or social service programs. childrenthriveaction.org/2025/11/prop...
Proposed “Public Charge” Rule is a Direct Attack on Children in Immigrant Families - Children Thrive Action Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Washington, D.C., November 19, 2025—T...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
[1] A new proposed rule would allow DHS to deny people green cards based on their past or potential use of federal health or social service programs. childrenthriveaction.org/2025/11/prop...
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Yesterday, Homeland Security proposed to repeal the 2022 public charge rule. This would allow officers to arbitrarily deny green cards to immigrants based on their health, economic situation, or potential use of benefits like health care & food assistance. Learn more:
www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
Public Charge Proposal Threatens the Health and Well-being of Immigrant Families and All Communities | CLASP
CLASP is committed to ensuring that all families are able to meet their basic needs, and we will work alongside our partners to defeat this reckless public charge proposal as we did under the first Tr...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Yesterday, Homeland Security proposed to repeal the 2022 public charge rule. This would allow officers to arbitrarily deny green cards to immigrants based on their health, economic situation, or potential use of benefits like health care & food assistance. Learn more:
www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
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Read our statement: www.nilc.org/press/nilc-s...
NILC Statement on Trump’s New Attempt to Resurrect Harmful “Public Charge” Wealth Test
www.nilc.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Read our statement: www.nilc.org/press/nilc-s...
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The Trump admin is planning to reinstate an outdated public charge wealth test—another attack designed to sow fear & confusion in our communities.
At a time when too many families are going hungry, this effort only further privileges the rich & puts at risk our collective health and well-being.
At a time when too many families are going hungry, this effort only further privileges the rich & puts at risk our collective health and well-being.
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The Trump admin is planning to reinstate an outdated public charge wealth test—another attack designed to sow fear & confusion in our communities.
At a time when too many families are going hungry, this effort only further privileges the rich & puts at risk our collective health and well-being.
At a time when too many families are going hungry, this effort only further privileges the rich & puts at risk our collective health and well-being.
🚨Webinar Alert 🚨
Students & educators around the country are responding to widespread ICE abductions & harassment in our communities. Join @neatoday.bsky.social for a webinar on how we can best support student & educator mental health and ensure they are respected, protected, & supported.
Students & educators around the country are responding to widespread ICE abductions & harassment in our communities. Join @neatoday.bsky.social for a webinar on how we can best support student & educator mental health and ensure they are respected, protected, & supported.
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🚨Webinar Alert 🚨
Students & educators around the country are responding to widespread ICE abductions & harassment in our communities. Join @neatoday.bsky.social for a webinar on how we can best support student & educator mental health and ensure they are respected, protected, & supported.
Students & educators around the country are responding to widespread ICE abductions & harassment in our communities. Join @neatoday.bsky.social for a webinar on how we can best support student & educator mental health and ensure they are respected, protected, & supported.
[1] The deepest health care cuts in U.S. history are now law—slashing $1 trillion from Medicaid, adding
bureaucratic barriers to accessing care, and making it harder for millions to stay insured. The stakes are
high, and the damage will be real.
bureaucratic barriers to accessing care, and making it harder for millions to stay insured. The stakes are
high, and the damage will be real.
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
[1] The deepest health care cuts in U.S. history are now law—slashing $1 trillion from Medicaid, adding
bureaucratic barriers to accessing care, and making it harder for millions to stay insured. The stakes are
high, and the damage will be real.
bureaucratic barriers to accessing care, and making it harder for millions to stay insured. The stakes are
high, and the damage will be real.
This MONDAY: ICE out of Child Care and Schools Emergency Call! Nov. 10th at 8pm ET, join us to hear how we can organize to protect our children and care workers/teachers! 👉: bit.ly/ice-OUT
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This MONDAY: ICE out of Child Care and Schools Emergency Call! Nov. 10th at 8pm ET, join us to hear how we can organize to protect our children and care workers/teachers! 👉: bit.ly/ice-OUT
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This is NOT okay and flies in the face of decades of shared belief that places that care for children should be safe havens: Child care worker detained by #ICE inside a Chicago day care as children watched 19thnews.org/2025/11/chil... via @19thnews.org
Child care worker detained by ICE inside a Chicago day care as children watched
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is NOT okay and flies in the face of decades of shared belief that places that care for children should be safe havens: Child care worker detained by #ICE inside a Chicago day care as children watched 19thnews.org/2025/11/chil... via @19thnews.org
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1 in 5 working people in America are immigrants. They're our neighbors, our community members, the people who we trust and memories with.
These attacks hurt ALL of us
These attacks hurt ALL of us
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
1 in 5 working people in America are immigrants. They're our neighbors, our community members, the people who we trust and memories with.
These attacks hurt ALL of us
These attacks hurt ALL of us
[1] A new opinion piece by a retired immigration judge and the managing partner of an immigration law firm discusses the harm that children in immigrant families are experiencing as a result of increased immigration enforcement and family separation.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/o...
Trump is traumatizing immigrant children and families - The Boston Globe
The tearing apart of families is certainly something this country should not stand for.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
[1] A new opinion piece by a retired immigration judge and the managing partner of an immigration law firm discusses the harm that children in immigrant families are experiencing as a result of increased immigration enforcement and family separation.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/o...
[1] This morning, federal agents entered a learning center without a warrant and detained a Pre-K teacher in front of the children she cares for. In a video, the woman can be seen telling the agents that she has documentation.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
[1] This morning, federal agents entered a learning center without a warrant and detained a Pre-K teacher in front of the children she cares for. In a video, the woman can be seen telling the agents that she has documentation.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
🚨NEW RESOURCE🚨
ALL IN for Safe Schools’ new safe spaces one-pager gives providers clear steps to protect children and families during immigration enforcement encounters.
📄 Download now: tinyurl.com/ALLINSafeSpace
#SafeECE #AllInForSafeSchools #ChildHealthEquity
ALL IN for Safe Schools’ new safe spaces one-pager gives providers clear steps to protect children and families during immigration enforcement encounters.
📄 Download now: tinyurl.com/ALLINSafeSpace
#SafeECE #AllInForSafeSchools #ChildHealthEquity
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
🚨NEW RESOURCE🚨
ALL IN for Safe Schools’ new safe spaces one-pager gives providers clear steps to protect children and families during immigration enforcement encounters.
📄 Download now: tinyurl.com/ALLINSafeSpace
#SafeECE #AllInForSafeSchools #ChildHealthEquity
ALL IN for Safe Schools’ new safe spaces one-pager gives providers clear steps to protect children and families during immigration enforcement encounters.
📄 Download now: tinyurl.com/ALLINSafeSpace
#SafeECE #AllInForSafeSchools #ChildHealthEquity
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WE, the people, power this country. We work hard for our families and show up for each other with love, tenacity, and commitment to make things better. Fear has never stopped us, and it won't stop us now. Text POWERED to 787-57 to join the movement.
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
WE, the people, power this country. We work hard for our families and show up for each other with love, tenacity, and commitment to make things better. Fear has never stopped us, and it won't stop us now. Text POWERED to 787-57 to join the movement.
[1] Congress has yet to pass legislation to fund and reopen the federal government. If they don’t do so by Nov 1, funding for essential programs like Head Start, SNAP, & WIC will lapse.
www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
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White House and Congress Manufactured a Crisis that Threatens Jobs, Food Assistance, and Head Start and Will Increase Health Care Costs | CLASP
The stalemate created by the refusal of Congressional leadership and the Trump Administration to come to the table is unnecessarily threatening food assistance, access to Head Start, and other importa...
www.clasp.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
[1] Congress has yet to pass legislation to fund and reopen the federal government. If they don’t do so by Nov 1, funding for essential programs like Head Start, SNAP, & WIC will lapse.
www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
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Loan forgivness should NOT be an incentive to join ICE and terrorize our communities. See this new piece from Christian Collins @clasp.org www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Loan Forgiveness Becomes Tool for Authoritarianism (opinion)
The unaffordability of college makes it easier for President Trump to build up ICE and advance an authoritarian agenda.
www.insidehighered.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Loan forgivness should NOT be an incentive to join ICE and terrorize our communities. See this new piece from Christian Collins @clasp.org www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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SNAP benefits will stop on Nov. 1, sending over 5M people in California – including 1.9M children – into potential emergency.
Please use this form created by our partners at NCYL to urge senators and representatives to stop the halt of these benefits: action.youthlaw.org/a/savesnapbe...
Please use this form created by our partners at NCYL to urge senators and representatives to stop the halt of these benefits: action.youthlaw.org/a/savesnapbe...
Save SNAP benefits for children and families
Tell your representative to take action now!
action.youthlaw.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
SNAP benefits will stop on Nov. 1, sending over 5M people in California – including 1.9M children – into potential emergency.
Please use this form created by our partners at NCYL to urge senators and representatives to stop the halt of these benefits: action.youthlaw.org/a/savesnapbe...
Please use this form created by our partners at NCYL to urge senators and representatives to stop the halt of these benefits: action.youthlaw.org/a/savesnapbe...
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Nearly a month into the government shutdown, millions of families are paying the price for deliberate policy choices by the Trump Administration and Congress.
This is a 🚨manufactured🚨 crisis that’s putting jobs, food, and care at risk.
This is a 🚨manufactured🚨 crisis that’s putting jobs, food, and care at risk.
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Nearly a month into the government shutdown, millions of families are paying the price for deliberate policy choices by the Trump Administration and Congress.
This is a 🚨manufactured🚨 crisis that’s putting jobs, food, and care at risk.
This is a 🚨manufactured🚨 crisis that’s putting jobs, food, and care at risk.
New blog post from @americasvoice.bsky.social
amplifies the voices of some of the more than 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents due to mass deportation.
americasvoice.org/blog/the-ame...
amplifies the voices of some of the more than 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents due to mass deportation.
americasvoice.org/blog/the-ame...
The American Children of Mass Deportation: ‘The New Family Separation Crisis’ - America's Voice
One report has identified more than 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents due to mass deportation—and there are likely more out there Last year, a teen named Billy brave...
americasvoice.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
New blog post from @americasvoice.bsky.social
amplifies the voices of some of the more than 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents due to mass deportation.
americasvoice.org/blog/the-ame...
amplifies the voices of some of the more than 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents due to mass deportation.
americasvoice.org/blog/the-ame...
[1] Mel Leonor Barclay at @19thnews.org news reports: Pregnant immigrant mothers face barriers to care during heightened immigration actions and the federal government’s rollback of “protected spaces,” including hospitals and medical centers. 19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...
ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk
Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.
19thnews.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
[1] Mel Leonor Barclay at @19thnews.org news reports: Pregnant immigrant mothers face barriers to care during heightened immigration actions and the federal government’s rollback of “protected spaces,” including hospitals and medical centers. 19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...