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Immigration

Statement on DHS’ Final Public Charge Rule

July 23, 2026

Letter to the Massachusetts Budget Conference Committee In Support of the PROTECT Act

June 18, 2026

Comments In Response to HUD’s Proposal to Deny Housing Assistance to Mixed-Status Families

April 21, 2026

Statement on HUD Proposal to Deny Housing Assistance to Mixed-Status Families

February 23, 2026

Fact Over Fiction: Medicaid, Immigration, and Health Care Access

February 18, 2026

Children’s HealthWatch Public Charge NPRM Comment

December 19, 2025

Children of immigrants face enough barriers. DHS must not add more.

December 16, 2025

Testimony in support of S.1681/H.2580: An Act to protect the civil rights and safety of all Massachusetts residents

December 1, 2025

Statement on U.S. Department of Homeland Security Public Charge Proposal

November 21, 2025

Statement on US Government Plan to Deport Guatemalan Children

September 3, 2025

Children’s HealthWatch Comments to HHS Regarding PRWORA Reinterpretation

August 13, 2025

Trump administration cuts undocumented immigrants’ access to range of federally funded programs

July 31, 2025

As Trump’s raids ramp up, a Texas region’s residents stay inside — even when they need medical care

July 24, 2025

House Passes Partisan Bill to Cut SNAP, Medicaid, and Supports for Children

May 22, 2025

Statement In Response to the Interim Final Rule “Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration”

April 15, 2025

Statement on IRS-DHS Information Sharing Agreement

April 15, 2025

Advocates look to expand tax credits for low-income immigrant families

April 1, 2025

Immigrant Mothers of Young Children Struggle to Juggle Family Needs and their Own Health

March 31, 2025

“But who takes care of the mom?”: The daily experiences of immigrant mothers navigating health in family life

March 19, 2025

Testimony in Support of the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act (SB 828/HB 1006)

March 3, 2025

How Mass Deportations Will Separate American Families, Harm Our Armed Forces, and Devastate Our Economy: Statement to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary

January 6, 2025

‘There’s No Way Through This but Forward’

November 20, 2024

Statement on Changes to EA Shelter in Massachusetts

August 9, 2024

Children’s Advocates Welcome Biden Administration’s Actions to Expand Legal Pathways for Undocumented Spouses and Dreamers

June 20, 2024

Healthy Families Tax Credits Coalition Sends Massachusetts Senate Letter with 105 Organizations to Support Tax Equity

April 9, 2024

Immigrant Advocates Call For Tax Credit Equity

March 15, 2024

New Study Links Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric to Decline in Preventive Healthcare for Children of Immigrant Mothers

September 19, 2023

Study blames Trump for decline in immigrant well-child healthcare visits

September 18, 2023

Trump’s Anti-immigrant Rhetoric, Policies, Contributed to Decline in Preventive Healthcare Visits among Children of Immigrants

September 15, 2023

Reduced health care utilization among young children of immigrants after Donald Trump’s election and proposed public charge rule

August 17, 2023

Children’s HealthWatch Statement on Threat to 2022 Public Charge Rule

May 18, 2023

Pandemic relief efforts did not reach immigrant families

April 24, 2023

Immigrant Families Struggled the Most with Food Insecurity, Rent Payments during COVID

April 24, 2023

Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Insecurity and Inability to Pay Rent Hit Immigrant Families Hardest

April 21, 2023

Association Between Material Hardship in Families With Young Children and Federal Relief Program Participation by Race and Ethnicity and Maternal Nativity

April 21, 2023

Haitian Migrants Face Unique Challenges Finding U.S. Housing

January 17, 2023

Immigrant-Inclusive Policies Promote Child and Family Health

November 16, 2022

Changes in Economic Hardships Arising During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences by Nativity and Race

November 5, 2022

Statement on the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals Decision on DACA

November 2, 2022

Prenatal WIC Is Associated with Increased Birth Weight of Infants Born in the United States with Immigrant Mothers

August 31, 2022

Doctors and health systems find novel ways to address hunger and its causes

March 16, 2022

For Immigrant Mothers, WIC Nutrition Program Led to Healthier Infant Birth Weights

March 3, 2022

The Healthy Families EITC Coalition Submits Witten Testimony to the MA Joint Committee on Revenue

February 22, 2022

Letter to the Family Reunification Task Force

January 27, 2022

Children’s HealthWatch Comments on the Department of State’s interim final rule, “Visas: Ineligibility Based on Public Charge Grounds”

January 14, 2022

Children’s HealthWatch Comments on the Department of Homeland Security’s Advanced Notice of Public Rule Making

October 22, 2021

Children’s HealthWatch Submits a Comment to DHS on Identifying Barriers Across USCIS Benefits and Services

May 19, 2021

Mass. Urged to Follow States on Tax Credit for Immigrants

May 18, 2021

Children’s HealthWatch Statement on ARPA and Public Charge

March 25, 2021

Children’s HealthWatch Submits a Comment in Opposition of a Proposed Federal Rule That Would Change the Affidavit of Support Policy

November 11, 2020

Letter to Department of State on the Final Rule, “Visas: Temporary Visitors for Business or Pleasure”

March 9, 2020

Children’s HealthWatch’s Public Comment To Oppose DOS’ Public Charge Questionnaire

December 23, 2019

Children’s Healthwatch’s Testimony On The Detrimental Impact Of The Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies

December 16, 2019

Children’s HealthWatch’s Public Comment To Oppose DHS’ Proposed Rule on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule And Changes To Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements

December 16, 2019

Maternal place of birth, socioeconomic characteristics, and child health in US-Born Latinx children in Boston

November 25, 2019

Constructing Invisible Walls through National and Global Policy

July 18, 2019

Trends in Food Insecurity and SNAP Participation among Immigrant Families of U.S.-Born Young Children

April 5, 2019

From Disparities to Discrimination Getting at the Roots of Food Insecurity in America

August 13, 2018

Report Card on Food Insecurity and Immigration: Helping Our Youngest First-Generation Americans to Thrive

February 22, 2018

Statement on recent harmful policy developments

February 20, 2017

Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Prevalence of VLFS in Children among Children of Foreign-Born Mothers

August 29, 2013

Food Insecurity and Risk of Poor Health Among US-Born Children of Immigrants

March 1, 2009

Breastfeeding and Health Outcomes among Citizen Infants of Immigrant Mothers

December 1, 2007

La alimentación y el bienestar de los ciudadanos estadounidenses más jóvenes de madres mexicanas, centroamericanas, y caribeñas

January 1, 2007

Hunger in young children of Mexican immigrant families

October 1, 2006

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