Nearly 600,000 DACA recipients live across the United States, raise 300,000 U.S.-citizen children, and pay $9.4 billion in taxes each year. DACA recipients and immigrant rights leaders meet with ...

Workforce Development State Strategies: A 50-State Scan of Best Practices From Recent Action Report October 31, 2024 Workforce Development State Strategies: A 50-State Scan of Best Practices From ...

Expanding access to and acceptance of identification cards and driver’s licenses for unauthorized immigrants would bring broad societal benefits. A woman holds her son as she waits in line to ...

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We pursue climate action that meets the crisis’s urgency, creates good-quality jobs, benefits disadvantaged communities, and restores U.S. credibility on the global stage. CAP, “Climate ...

Project 2025 would directly harm disabled people by removing basic civil rights protections and making it harder for these individuals to access necessary resources and services. A group of people ...

Recent improvements to the student loan system and student debt relief signal a new era of higher education finance. 4 Despite these advancements, the many problems student loan borrowers face lie ...

A thriving education system is essential for the strength of the United States. Education supports the country’s national security, global competitiveness, and democracy. In 1957, when the ...

Build a strong transition from ECE to K-12 Although The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees federal early care and learning programs, and the U.S. Department of Education ...

Robust public investments can lift the weight of the child care affordability crisis off the safety net’s shoulders. Among impoverished families who have children under age 6 and who pay for ...

The COVID-19 pandemic and increasing intensity of extreme weather conditions and natural disasters have exposed the many inequities and weaknesses in the United States’ public health infrastructure.

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