Shelby Gonzales
@shelbytgonzales.bsky.social
Mother, daughter, yogi and seeker of justice.
By moving to rescind the Biden Admin’s #PublicCharge rule, which largely restored long-standing policy after courts blocked a harmful rule put forward in the first Trump rule, the Administration is reigniting fear and confusion among people who are immigrants and their families.
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
By moving to rescind the Biden Admin’s #PublicCharge rule, which largely restored long-standing policy after courts blocked a harmful rule put forward in the first Trump rule, the Administration is reigniting fear and confusion among people who are immigrants and their families.
Thought the record was clear on this, but given continued false claims, I will repeat: only people who have lawful immigration status can enroll in ACA marketplace plans or Medicaid coverage. It’s false to claim democrats are trying to change this: www.cbpp.org/blog/health-...
Health Coverage Costs May Soon Skyrocket for Millions of People — None of Whom Are Undocumented
Only people with lawful immigration statuses are eligible for health coverage through Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) marketplace. Nothing in the current budget debate would...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thought the record was clear on this, but given continued false claims, I will repeat: only people who have lawful immigration status can enroll in ACA marketplace plans or Medicaid coverage. It’s false to claim democrats are trying to change this: www.cbpp.org/blog/health-...
As Democrats push to reverse the megabill’s health care cuts and stop imminent cost increases in the marketplaces, Republicans have made false claims about who would benefit from these restorations in affordable health coverage. www.americanprogressaction.org/article/repu...
Republicans Are Telling Lies About Undocumented Immigrants To Deflect Blame for Health Care Cost Increases They Supported
Republican inaction on premium tax credits will cause health insurance costs to soar for more than 20 million people.
www.americanprogressaction.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
As Democrats push to reverse the megabill’s health care cuts and stop imminent cost increases in the marketplaces, Republicans have made false claims about who would benefit from these restorations in affordable health coverage. www.americanprogressaction.org/article/repu...
In the category of solutions in search of a problem: CMS is requiring states to reconfirm the citizenship or immigration status of Medicaid and CHIP enrollees.
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CMS Launches Nationwide Push to Remove Ineligible Medicaid Enrollees, Uphold Citizenship Requirements | CMS
CMS Launches Nationwide Push to Remove Ineligible Medicaid Enrollees, Uphold Citizenship Requirements New Verification Process to Help States Maintain Program Integrity, Protect Taxpayer Funding
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August 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
In the category of solutions in search of a problem: CMS is requiring states to reconfirm the citizenship or immigration status of Medicaid and CHIP enrollees.
www.cms.gov/newsroom/pre...
www.cms.gov/newsroom/pre...
I’m saddened that this week HHS’ rule went into effect, taking away eligibility for the ACA marketplace from people with DACA (coverage for those enrolled via HealthCare.gov will end before Oct. 1).
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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August 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’m saddened that this week HHS’ rule went into effect, taking away eligibility for the ACA marketplace from people with DACA (coverage for those enrolled via HealthCare.gov will end before Oct. 1).
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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New Congressional Budget Office (CBO) numbers confirm what we already knew – the reconciliation bill is getting worse, not better. The Senate bill will cut health care more deeply than the House bill and leave more people uninsured. www.cbo.gov/publication/...
Estimated Budgetary Effects of an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Relative to the Budget Enforcement Baseline for Consideration in the Senate
As posted on the website of the Senate Committee on the Budget on June 27, 2025
www.cbo.gov
June 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New Congressional Budget Office (CBO) numbers confirm what we already knew – the reconciliation bill is getting worse, not better. The Senate bill will cut health care more deeply than the House bill and leave more people uninsured. www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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Let's be clear: The Senate Republican bill would take away health coverage and food assistance from millions of people who need it — all to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
June 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Let's be clear: The Senate Republican bill would take away health coverage and food assistance from millions of people who need it — all to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
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The Senate quietly stripped veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and young people who recently aged out of foster care of their current exemptions from SNAP's harsh work requirement. CBO estimates this change alone would cut 270,000 people off SNAP. thehill.com/opinion/cong...
thehill.com
June 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Senate quietly stripped veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and young people who recently aged out of foster care of their current exemptions from SNAP's harsh work requirement. CBO estimates this change alone would cut 270,000 people off SNAP. thehill.com/opinion/cong...
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NEW: The Senate version of One Big Beautiful Bill is one big ugly transfer of wealth from low-income families to the rich.
Americans struggling to get by will pay more for groceries & health care so the highest income families can get big tax cuts. This isn’t shared sacrifice.
Americans struggling to get by will pay more for groceries & health care so the highest income families can get big tax cuts. This isn’t shared sacrifice.
June 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
NEW: The Senate version of One Big Beautiful Bill is one big ugly transfer of wealth from low-income families to the rich.
Americans struggling to get by will pay more for groceries & health care so the highest income families can get big tax cuts. This isn’t shared sacrifice.
Americans struggling to get by will pay more for groceries & health care so the highest income families can get big tax cuts. This isn’t shared sacrifice.
The latest Senate Republican plan retains a deeply harmful provision that tramples over state rights’ to make decisions about how to use their own funds to ensure their state residents can access comprehensive health coverage.
June 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The latest Senate Republican plan retains a deeply harmful provision that tramples over state rights’ to make decisions about how to use their own funds to ensure their state residents can access comprehensive health coverage.
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The Senate is barreling toward a vote on an unfinished bill that wld take away health coverage & food assistance from millions, raise families’ costs, & make ppl in our nation worse off. There’s still time for senators to say no to this bill. My statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
Senate Republicans Can Still Abandon Disastrous, Rushed Reconciliation Bill | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Senate is barreling toward a vote on a still-not-finished bill that would take away health coverage and food assistance from millions of people who need it, raise families’ costs, and make a large...
www.cbpp.org
June 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Senate is barreling toward a vote on an unfinished bill that wld take away health coverage & food assistance from millions, raise families’ costs, & make ppl in our nation worse off. There’s still time for senators to say no to this bill. My statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
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People in ***every state*** are at risk of losing their food benefits under the Senate Republican proposal to cut off eligibility for people who don’t meet a red-tape-laden, ineffective work requirement.
See the impact in your state ⬇️ www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
See the impact in your state ⬇️ www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Senate Agriculture Committee’s Revised Work Requirement Would Risk Taking Away Food Assistance From More Than 5 Million People: State Estimates | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Revised legislation released June 25 by Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman would slightly modify several of the SNAP cuts in Senate Republican leaders’ reconciliation plan, but the...
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June 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
People in ***every state*** are at risk of losing their food benefits under the Senate Republican proposal to cut off eligibility for people who don’t meet a red-tape-laden, ineffective work requirement.
See the impact in your state ⬇️ www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
See the impact in your state ⬇️ www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Make no mistake-- today’s Supreme Court ruling does not end constitutionally guaranteed birthright citizenship. However, the SCOTUS has ruled against the injunctions that have been blocking The Trump Administration’s birthright citizenship EO from being implemented nationwide.
June 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Make no mistake-- today’s Supreme Court ruling does not end constitutionally guaranteed birthright citizenship. However, the SCOTUS has ruled against the injunctions that have been blocking The Trump Administration’s birthright citizenship EO from being implemented nationwide.
Many people living lawfully in the U.S. will lose health coverage under Senate plan: www.cbpp.org/blog/trackin...
Many People Living in the U.S. Lawfully Remain Targets for Harsh Health Care Cuts in Senate Reconciliation Plan | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Though the Senate reconciliation plan remains in flux as Senate Republicans identify ways to...
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June 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Many people living lawfully in the U.S. will lose health coverage under Senate plan: www.cbpp.org/blog/trackin...
Revised Senate plan would still take away food assistance from many people granted humanitarian protection and living lawfully in the U.S.: www.cbpp.org/blog/trackin...
Revised Senate Plan Will Continue to Take Away Food Assistance From People Our Nation Has Granted Humanitarian Protections | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Senate Republican leaders’ revised plan will continue to take away SNAP food assistance from...
www.cbpp.org
June 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Revised Senate plan would still take away food assistance from many people granted humanitarian protection and living lawfully in the U.S.: www.cbpp.org/blog/trackin...
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Senate Republican leaders have revised their plan to cut #SNAP. The details are slightly different, but the bottom line is the same: this would still take food assistance away from millions of low-income people, raise families’ grocery costs & risk some states ending SNAP altogether.
June 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Senate Republican leaders have revised their plan to cut #SNAP. The details are slightly different, but the bottom line is the same: this would still take food assistance away from millions of low-income people, raise families’ grocery costs & risk some states ending SNAP altogether.
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The Parliamentarian ruled 2 of the most harmful #SNAP cuts in the Senate Republican bill violate the Byrd rule, including an unprecedented cost-shift to states that could end SNAP entirely in parts of the U.S. www.agriculture.senate.gov/newsroom/rep...
Chairman Boozman Statement on Ag Committee’s Reconciliation Provisions | The United States Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) issued the following statement on the budget...
www.agriculture.senate.gov
June 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The Parliamentarian ruled 2 of the most harmful #SNAP cuts in the Senate Republican bill violate the Byrd rule, including an unprecedented cost-shift to states that could end SNAP entirely in parts of the U.S. www.agriculture.senate.gov/newsroom/rep...
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CBPP's @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social on immigration provisions in Senate Republican proposals: "These proposals mark a stark departure from our nation’s long-standing, bipartisan commitment to supporting ppl who are fleeing violence & persecution..." www.cbpp.org/blog/trackin...
Quote from Shelby Gonzales, Vice President for Immigration Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on Immigration Provisions in Senate Republican Reconciliation Proposals: | Center on Budget a...
“The Senate reconciliation proposal goes even further than the House bill in harming people...
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June 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
CBPP's @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social on immigration provisions in Senate Republican proposals: "These proposals mark a stark departure from our nation’s long-standing, bipartisan commitment to supporting ppl who are fleeing violence & persecution..." www.cbpp.org/blog/trackin...
The Senate Republican proposal would take away food from people our nation has granted humanitarian protections including refugees, people granted asylum, survivors of domestic violence, victims of sex or labor trafficking: www.cbpp.org/blog/trackin...
Senate Plan Takes Food Assistance Away From People Our Nation Has Granted Humanitarian Protections | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Senate Agriculture Committee’s plan would take away SNAP food assistance from people in the...
www.cbpp.org
June 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The Senate Republican proposal would take away food from people our nation has granted humanitarian protections including refugees, people granted asylum, survivors of domestic violence, victims of sex or labor trafficking: www.cbpp.org/blog/trackin...
Senate Republican proposal would take away food from millions of people: www.cbpp.org/blog/trackin...
Quote from Ty Jones Cox, CBPP Vice President for Food Policy, on the Senate Agriculture Committee Reconciliation Text: | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
“Senate Republican leaders released a proposal tonight that would cut or take food assistance...
www.cbpp.org
June 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Senate Republican proposal would take away food from millions of people: www.cbpp.org/blog/trackin...
Important read on how the House Bill would take away food and health coverage from people granted humanitarian protections in our nation: www.cbpp.org/blog/turning...
Turning Away From National Commitment, House Bill Takes Away Food Assistance and Health Coverage From People Granted Humanitarian Protections | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
In a stark departure from our country’s long history of supporting people fleeing violence and persecution, the House Republican reconciliation bill would take away food assistance and health...
www.cbpp.org
June 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Important read on how the House Bill would take away food and health coverage from people granted humanitarian protections in our nation: www.cbpp.org/blog/turning...
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NEW REPORT: House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill, now in the Senate, would shift major new costs to the state- & local-level, paving the way for harmful cuts to food assistance, health care, & other services like education. Here’s the 3 top things to know:🧵
June 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
NEW REPORT: House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill, now in the Senate, would shift major new costs to the state- & local-level, paving the way for harmful cuts to food assistance, health care, & other services like education. Here’s the 3 top things to know:🧵
The House Republican reconciliation bill singles out people with lawful immigration statuses and their families for steep cuts to food assistance, health coverage, and tax credits — leaving them and our nation worse off: www.cbpp.org/research/imm...
House Republican Reconciliation Bill Takes Away Health Coverage, Food Assistance, Tax Credits From Millions of Immigrants and Their Families | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The House Republican reconciliation bill would impose massive cuts in food assistance, health care coverage, and other supports for people with low incomes and singles out immigrants with lawful statu...
www.cbpp.org
May 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The House Republican reconciliation bill singles out people with lawful immigration statuses and their families for steep cuts to food assistance, health coverage, and tax credits — leaving them and our nation worse off: www.cbpp.org/research/imm...
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But the amendment does step back from an even harsher version of the policy in the previous version of the bill that applied this penalty to states that provide coverage to children and pregnant women through the lawfully residing program.
May 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
But the amendment does step back from an even harsher version of the policy in the previous version of the bill that applied this penalty to states that provide coverage to children and pregnant women through the lawfully residing program.
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It does this by doubling the costs states pay to fund their ACA Medicaid expansion if they choose to keep their state's program that provides coverage to people who do not meet the very restrictive immigration-related Medicaid eligibility requirements. www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
May 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
It does this by doubling the costs states pay to fund their ACA Medicaid expansion if they choose to keep their state's program that provides coverage to people who do not meet the very restrictive immigration-related Medicaid eligibility requirements. www.cbpp.org/research/hea...