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Lawsuit Challenges Restrictions on Head Start for Kids in the US Illegally
UNITED STATES, JUL 21 – The lawsuit challenges new Trump administration rules requiring immigration status checks for federally funded programs, risking closure of services aiding over 800,000 low-income children nationwide.
- California and a coalition of 21 states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over new rules blocking undocumented immigrants from accessing public benefits, claiming these restrictions target working families and violate federal law.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta described the restrictions as a 'cruel' attack on disadvantaged residents, highlighting the negative impact particularly on states with large immigrant populations.
- The lawsuit argues that the new rules impose burdens on states, costing them hundreds of millions annually and disrupting vital services for vulnerable populations.
- Democratic attorneys general filed the lawsuit to block the changes, asserting that the new rules jeopardize healthcare and education for millions, many of whom are U.S. citizens.
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NEW HAVEN.- New federal guidelines promoted by the Trump administration seek to prohibit the access of immigrants without legal status to certain services funded by the federal government, such as community health centers and Head Start preschool program. In Connecticut, service providers feel confused, concerned and without clear guidance on how to act. Organizations like TEAM Inc, which operates Head Start in Connecticut, warn that the measure…
Trump administration unlawfully blocked Head Start payments, GAO says
A new report from Congress’s independent watchdog concluded the Trump administration broke federal law by blocking the use of funds allocated to the Head Start program. The Government Accountability Office determined that the Children and Families Services Programs within the Department of Health and Human Services violated the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 “by withholding funds from expenditures’ intended for early childhood education. Accord…
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* ICYMI: Illinois joins suit to block Trump administration from barring undocumented immigrants from public benefits. Sun-Times… The suit, announced Monday, seeks to stop a series of orders from federal agencies that would block people from the early childhood education program Head Start, Title X family planning, adult education, mental health care and community health [...]
Lawsuit Challenges Trump's Failure to Protect Endangered Animals From Gulf Oil Drilling
The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a new legal claim in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s failure to comply with the Endangered Species Act in assessing harm to endangered and threatened species from offshore oil and gas extraction.“Federal officials have forgotten the lessons of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, because they’ve missed obvious threats to some of the Gulf’s most vulnerable critters,” said Kristen Monsell, …
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