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Mother, daughter, yogi and seeker of justice.

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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Starting today many people granted humanitarian immigration protections, including refugees, people granted asylum, and survivors of trafficking, will no longer be able to access health care through federally funded Medicaid and CHIP programs. www.cbpp.org/research/imm...
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Harmful Republican Megabill Takes Away Health Coverage, Food Assistance, Tax Credits From Millions of Immigrants and Their Families
The harmful Republican megabill imposes massive cuts in food assistance, health coverage, and other supports for people with low incomes and singles out immigrants with lawful status and their familie...
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Update: another lawsuit was filed and is seeking to vacate the cruel and harmful public charge rule. democracyforward.org/news/press-r...
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Democracy Forward, Legal Aid, Center for Constitutional Rights File Lawsuit to Vacate New Rule Unlawfully Penalizing Low-Income Immigrants Who Receive Public Benefits
New York — Make the Road New York, the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), and the Association to Benefit Children (ABC), and African Communities Together (AFT) filed a lawsuit against U.S.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today, the Administration’s cruel new public charge policy takes effect, threatening lawful immigration and leading families, many of which include U.S. citizen children, to go without vital services that they need and are eligible for. pifcoalition.org/resources/pr...
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Millions of U.S. Citizens, Lawfully Present Immigrants, at Risk as Trump “Public Charge” Rule Takes Effect - Protecting Immigrant Families
EL PASO, TEXAS — Regulations finalized by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in July take effect Friday, threatening the health and wellbeing of millions of lawfully present immigrants and...
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m encouraged to see the two new lawsuits by state and local governments challenging the Administration’s harsh new public charge policy. pifcoalition.org/resources/pr...
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Advocates Applaud Lawsuit Challenging Reckless, Abusive Immigration Policy - Protecting Immigrant Families
EL PASO, TEXAS — A lawsuit filed Monday by 21 states and the District of Columbia argues that the Trump administration’s “public charge” regulation violates the federal Immigration and Nationality Act...
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New Census data show the role SNAP, Medicaid, ACA coverage, & refundable tax credits play in reducing poverty & helping families afford the basics. Read @sharonparrott.bsky.social's full stmt on the 2025 findings and the harm of the reconciliation law’s misguided cuts: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
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New Census Data Underscore Importance of Food Assistance and Health Coverage Access
At a moment when the cuts enacted in last year’s harmful Republican reconciliation law have begun to take away food assistance and health coverage from millions of people, today’s Census data are a re...
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Trump Administration is seeking to take away refundable tax credits from roughly 1 million people, including hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizen children. Read more about the proposed policy change in this new paper: www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
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In Radical Departure From Long-Standing Policy and Federal Law, Trump Administration Proposes New Regulation to Take Tax Credits Away From Many Families That Include Immigrants With Lawful Status
Only individuals who have one of a narrow list of immigration statuses defined as “qualified” will remain eligible.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thirty years ago, as a single mother struggling to make ends meet, I watched with fear as Congress debated and passed PRWORA. The law created new barriers to benefits & red tape I had to navigate while trying to finish college and support myself and my baby.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Admin. is once again attempting to force states to be complicit in ICE’s cruel detention and deportation dragnet.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The CBPP team took a well deserved ice cream break yesterday at Frio Frio. I’m so grateful to work with such a dedicated and talented team!
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Trump Admin is finding new ways to weaponize its public charge policy to block or deny lawful immigration, creating more obstacles & challenges for those who have sought to abide by an already difficult process &, keeping lawful pathways out of reach and prolonging the separation of families.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In yet another attack on lawful immigration, last week the Trump admin. issued new guidance that gives immigration officers sweeping discretion to deny green cards based on whether someone may need public benefits in the future.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The Trump Admin is seeking to take away refundable tax credits from roughly a million people. Make no mistake; this will harm U.S. citizen children and people with lawful immigration status.
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The Tax Law Center at NYU Law @taxlawcenter.org · 19/08/2026
"The Administration is attempting to override both the clear rules Congress has set for tax credit eligibility and decades of administrative practice through a novel and incorrect reinterpretation of a 1996 law."
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Just a few weeks ago, SCOTUS rejected the Trump Admin.’s attempt to undermine birthright citizenship. Now the Admin. has cooked up a new scheme to restrict birthright citizenship, as outlined in two new Execcutive. Orders. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The Trump Admin.'s public charge policy will create an unjust immigration system and result in scaring people from accessing important benefits for which they are eligible.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Last month, SCOTUS upheld birthright citizenship, but now the Trump Admin. is finding another way to take aim at the U.S.-born children of immigrant parents with its cruel new “public charge” rule.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Today, SCOTUS upheld more than 125 years of precedent by ruling against a Trump Admin executive order that would have denied birthright citizenship to certain children born in our nation. pifcoalition.org/resources/pr...
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Trump Attack On Birthright Citizenship Unconstitutional, Supreme Court Finds - Protecting Immigrant Families
EL PASO, TEXAS — The United States Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Trump executive order on birthright citizenship violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, invalidating the order...
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
SCOTUS issued two devastating rulings today, both of which give the Trump Admin more power to dismantle lawful immigration pathways and shut our doors to many who have fought courageously for their safety. www.cliniclegal.org/press-releas...
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CLINIC Laments Devastating Human Consequences of Today’s Supreme Court Decisions | Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)
"The decisions are devastating for our clients, and for those of us who accompany vulnerable immigrants through the legal system," said Anna Gallagher, CLINIC's executive director. "As Catholics, we b...
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
14 years ago, the voices of courageous young people across our nation were heard and #DACA was created.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Even as more people across our nation are struggling to afford gas, groceries, health care, and housing, Congressional Republicans are prioritizing the Administration's violent & callous detention and deportation machine over helping people across our nation afford basic needs.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Republicans in Congress took the next step in their partisan plan to super fuel their violent & cruel detention and deportation dragnet without any guardrails, releasing bill text that would give ICE/CBP an additional $70b on top of the $170b from OBBBA. rollcall.com/2026/05/05/r...
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Reconciliation bill text would fund ICE, CBP, ballroom security
Two Republican-led Senate committees late Monday released legislative text to flesh out a roughly $70 billion reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement agencies at the Department of Homel...
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The House budget resolution paves the way for Republicans in Congress to further fuel ICE/CBP with up to $140 billion in additional funding to continue their violent and cruel immigration detention and deportation dragnet, without guardrails.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It is unconscionable to leave ICE and CBP’s violence unchecked and allow them to continue their reign of terror. Our government should hold them accountable.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Excellent report from my colleague, @AnnaKBailey, highlighting how the Trump Administration’s homelessness policies will make it harder to secure housing & have intensified suffering for unhoused people, including people who are immigrants.  www.cbpp.org/research/hou...
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Trump Policies Would Worsen Homelessness, Attack Basic Freedoms of People Who Can’t Afford Rent
In a nation as wealthy and innovative as ours, no one should be forced to sleep in a park, in a car, or in shelters. But today, millions of people don’t have enough income to cover high housing...
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on President Trump’s executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship. This EO could leave millions of children in legal limbo over the coming years—stateless in the only country they have ever known. www.democracynow.org/2026/3/31/sc...
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“Deeply Illegal”: Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Ban Reaches Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week on the constitutionality of President Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship. An executive order, signed on Trump’s first day back in office, decla...
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
HHS wasted taxpayer dollars to find that people enrolled were eligible, a new KFF article shows: kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Trump’s Hunt for Undocumented Medicaid Enrollees Yields Few Violators - KFF Health News
Federal health officials have ordered states to reverify the immigration status of hundreds of thousands of Medicaid enrollees. After seven months, findings from five states show the reviews have unco...
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The ACA provided peace of mind, better health outcomes, and financial security for millions of people who have been able to get comprehensive and affordable health coverage.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
House lawmakers are considering an anti-immigrant bill (H. R. 1958) that would put people with lawful immigration statuses at risk of deportation - potentially resulting in separation from their loved ones—due to a mistake and/or confusion related to public benefit processes.
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Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Fact check: the OBBBA did NOT eliminate taxes on Social Security. In fact, it does nothing to help lower- and middle-income seniors--but it does harm Social Security's financing. #CBPPSOTU www.cbpp.org/blog/contrar...
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Contrary to Administration’s Misleading Claims, New Senior Deduction Doesn’t Help Low- and Middle-Income Seniors, Does Deplete Social Security Trust Funds
The Trump Administration has been peddling false and exaggerated claims about the harmful Republican megabill’s effects on the taxation of Social Security benefits, including in a blast email from...
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Sharon Parrott @sharonparrott.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Tonight, during the State of the Union address, we’ll hear President Trump’s priorities for the year ahead. It’s worth comparing what he says to the extreme actions his Administration took last year.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
What this KFF chart shows: over one million U.S. citizen kids may lose their Medicaid & CHIP health coverage, due to the over-reaching, harsh policies the Admin is seeking alongside ICE’s overbroad, chaotic dragnet that has harmed people with & without lawful immigration status.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
As my colleague explains in this important thread, HUD’s proposed rule would leave nearly 20,000 families, made up of mostly U.S. citizens, at risk of homelessness or painful family separation. bsky.app/profile/cent...
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WillPFischer on X: "As people across the country struggle to afford housing, HUD proposed a rule today that would force 20,000 families with mixed immigration statuses to choose between losing the assistance that helps them pay rent every month or separating their family." / X
As people across the country struggle to afford housing, HUD proposed a rule today that would force 20,000 families with mixed immigration statuses to choose between losing the assistance that helps them pay rent every month or separating their family.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Dear Mom and Dad: on this Valentine’s Day, I want to thank you with all my heart for all the love and support you have given to me and the confidence you instilled in me as you shared your dreams of what is possible in this great nation. #ToImmigrantsWithLove
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Sharon Parrott @sharonparrott.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Reworking the DHS funding bill to better protect public safety does not need to cause major harm within DHS or the government agencies covered by the other 5 funding bills, *if* Rs are prepared to govern responsibly. Claims to the contrary are an admission of sorts.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Senators have the responsibility to uphold and defend the Constitution. Using the annual budget process when necessary to protect the constitutional rights and safety of all people and communities should be a requirement of the job.
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Jennifer Sullivan @jenniferlsullivan.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
A clean extension of the PTC enhancements is the simplest, most effective way to prevent major coverage losses and allow people to get the health care they need in 2026. www.cbpp.org/blog/how-to-...
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How to Evaluate Proposals to Address Expiring Premium Tax Credit Enhancements
With just weeks to go until the premium tax credit (PTC) enhancements expire — which would increase Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace enrollees’ annual premiums by more than $1,000 on average...
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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-...
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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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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
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...
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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.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
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...
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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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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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...
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Welcome to the Health Insurance Marketplace®
Welcome to the Health Insurance Marketplace®. Official government website.
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Sarah Lueck @sarahl202.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
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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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
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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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Sharon Parrott @sharonparrott.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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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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...
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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...
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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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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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.
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Many people living lawfully in the U.S. will lose health coverage under Senate plan: www.cbpp.org/blog/trackin...
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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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