Coalition on Human Needs: We will continue to oppose blank check funding and lawless actions by ICE and Border Patrol
June 10, 2026
Code Red: The Fatal Consequences of Dangerously Substandard Medical Care in Immigration Detention
David Elliot,
June 22, 2018
Editor’s note: CHN Intern Page Brigham, a rising senior at Allegheny College, contributed to this blog post. Katherine Bonilla will not get to see her father again. Arrested by ICE on his way to work at a construction job, in what may have been a case of mistaken identity, her...
House Farm Bill Will Make Millions Hungrier
CHN,
June 21, 2018
Editor’s note: Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, issued the following statement Thursday, June 21 in response to the House passage of the farm bill (H.R. 2), which contains deep cuts and harmful changes to SNAP/food stamps: “By a very slim 2-vote margin, House members voted...
CHN: Immigration bills are “an unacceptable rejection of American values”
CHN,
June 21, 2018
Editor’s note: The following letter, authored by CHN Executive Director Deborah Weinstein, was sent to all members of the U.S. House on Thursday, June 21: Dear Representative: On behalf of the Coalition on Human Needs, I write to urge you to vote NO on the two bills related to immigration...
The Human Needs Report: Immigration bills in the House, a better bill for SNAP, FY19 spending, and more
Leo Nguyen,
June 19, 2018
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on immigration bills in the House, advocates fighting to stop family separations at the border, a better bill for SNAP, a spending cuts package, and FY19 spending work. Click here for a PDF version. Senate to Take up...
Gas prices are way too high. Here’s what we can do about it
Mark Wolfe,
June 18, 2018
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published by CNN on June 15. Americans now pay around $2.87 for a gallon of gas. That’s 46 cents more than last year’s average. And if trends continue, by August, the cost of gasoline may go up another five cents. As a result, the average family...
