The Coalition on Human Needs Publishes the 2025-2026 Public Policy Priorities Document
April 23, 2025
Trump Administration’s Heartless Termination of TPS for Venezuelans Sparks Legal Showdown
Dominique Espinoza,
April 8, 2025
On February 2, 2025, the U.S. government delivered a devastating blow to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants by abruptly ending the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program that had shielded them from deportation and granted them work authorization.
10 Ways the Budget Reconciliation Bill’s Immigration Enforcement Funds Put Us All At Risk
Heidi Altman and Jennifer Whitlock,
April 7, 2025
Blog post by NILC, CHN's member | This explainer describes how a reconciliation bill will unlock the Trump administration’s ability to experiment with authoritarian tactics through enforcement, threatening constitutional rights and democratic norms.
CHN Urges the Senate to Reject Budget Resolution that Paves the Way for Deep Human Needs Cuts
Meredith Dodson,
April 4, 2025
CHN sent this letter to all Senators, asking them to reject the budget resolution which will pave the way for deep cuts to food assistance and health care, turbocharge family separation and mass deportation, and set the stage for huge tax breaks that benefit the wealthy.
New Analysis Quantifies Low- and Moderate-Income Families’ Losses Under House Budget Resolution
Brendan Duke,
April 3, 2025
Blog post by CBPP- CHN's member | The House budget resolution calls for massive cuts in Medicaid and in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that would raise the cost of health care and groceries for people struggling to make ends meet.
Many will suffer, some will starve if SNAP federal food program is cut
Safiya Charles,
April 3, 2025
Blog post by the Southern Poverty Law Center, CHN's member | There are days when Andrew Sanders walks miles for a hot meal from a soup kitchen. “It hurts like hell,” he said. “I’m dying for something to eat.”
