Latino Policy & Welfare

Trump administration plans to revoke up to 200,000 B-1/B-2 visas for asylum applicants from 2016-2026, building on 175,000 already revoked.
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Latin American women out-enroll men in higher education by 41% since 1993, yet earn just 76.7 cents per male dollar in 2023.

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Strategies for equitable school communication stand in sharp contrast to ongoing legal fights over discriminatory closures.

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The Trump administration's immigration crackdown intensified with 49,571 ICE arrests in July—the highest monthly total in the second term—driven by...

Latina women in Idaho and Washington face a hidden health crisis, with food insecurity at 43.3% coexisting alongside 78.9% overweight or obesity....

USPS completed a 95-page final regulation for Trump's Executive Order despite Judge Talwani's injunction explicitly barring completion of rulemaking...

The 2018 public charge rule triggered a 16.8% increase in HIV cases among Hispanics in antisanctuary counties by deterring care access, with no...

• Michigan's TANF caseload fell from about 90,000 cases in 2010 to 20,000 by 2018 under stricter work rules.
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ICE arrests reached 49,571 in July, over half involving people with no criminal convictions, as partnerships with states like Ohio fueled the surge.
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• Community awards highlight impact: Conexión Latina Newport earned the Rhode Island Foundation’s 2026 Community Leadership Award for innovation and...

Community advocacy forced Springfield Public Schools to partially restore its Dual Immersion program after initial cuts eliminated 2.5 teaching...

Supreme Court order lets Trump administration advance mail-in ballot restrictions despite ongoing lawsuits from 23 states and DC.

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Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora directly told the city's Guatemalan and Latino residents they "are part of this city" and "deserve to feel safe" following...

A Nebraska school district removed a student's anti-ICE cartoon comparing enforcement to historical injustices like the Palmer Raids and Japanese...

Washington offers pathways to coverage for immigrants regardless of status.

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The 4th Circuit unanimously ruled that a vacated marijuana conviction no longer makes an immigrant inadmissible, rejecting the BIA's distinction...

Basic needs insecurity drives Latino completion gaps, with two-thirds of students considering departure amid food, housing and transportation...

ICE enforcement now pulls in non-traditional agencies, spreading resources thin while hitting Latino neighborhoods hard.

• Interagency shifts: DEA...

The new SNAP state cost-shift policy assigns benefit payment shares solely by payment error rates whose 95% confidence intervals often exceed the...

• Florida restricts welfare benefits to exclude 'nonessential' purchases.
• Boston Foundation awards $376,000 to nine groups aiding TPS-affected...