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December 6, 2018
National Health Law Program Template for Public Charge Comments on DHS Proposed Rule Change
dfitzgerald Comments
The Department of Homeland Security's proposed effort to radically remake a longstanding immigration law and turn it into a regulation that lead to barring immigrants and their communities from accessing Medicaid and other public benefit programs they are lawfully eligible. The public comment period on the Trump administration's severe…
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November 14, 2018
National Health Law Program 9th Circuit Amicus Brief Supporting Calif.’s Laws Protecting Immigrants’ Health & Safety
Abigail Coursolle and Sarah Grusin Court Document, Cases
In a bold effort to counter the Trump administration's aggressive and cruel agenda to deport immigrants and their families or imprison them in "detention centers" throughout California, state lawmakers passed several laws to protect the health and safety of immigrants, documented or not, from the administration's legally suspect and…
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October 19, 2018
Amicus: Tennessee v. U.S. Department of State, Sixth Circuit
Sarah Grusin Cases
Tennessee challenged the federal Medicaid statute’s requirement to provide Medicaid coverage to refugees as unconstitutionally coercive. Our amicus brief described the history of the Medicaid eligibility for immigrants, highlighting that the requirement to provide Medicaid to refugees has been part of Medicaid’s requirements since its inception in 1965. Partners:…
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September 27, 2018
DHS’ Proposed Rule: What May Change with Public Charge?
Mara Youdelman Issue Brief, Article
The Department of Homeland Security is proposing a radical change to the longstanding immigration "public charge" provision, which impacts access to vital programs like Medicaid, housing assistance and an array food supplemental programs, for immigrants and their families. In this issue brief, Managing Attorney of National Health Law Program's…
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July 27, 2018
Civil, Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case, San Jose v. U.S.
Jane Perkins Court Document, Cases
A broad array of civil and human rights groups filed an amicus brief in San Jose and Black Alliance For Just Immigration v. Ross, in support of the litigation challenging the U.S. Department of Commerce's decision to add a "citizenship" question to the 2020 census. The brief led by the…
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May 24, 2018
Ivory N. v. Kent, Northern District of California
Litigation Team and dfitzgerald Cases
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National Health Law Program Template for Public Charge Comments on DHS Proposed Rule Change

National Health Law Program 9th Circuit Amicus Brief Supporting Calif.’s Laws Protecting Immigrants’ Health & Safety

Amicus: Tennessee v. U.S. Department of State, Sixth Circuit

DHS’ Proposed Rule: What May Change with Public Charge?

Civil, Human Rights Groups’ Amicus Brief in 2020 Census Case, San Jose v. U.S.

Ivory N. v. Kent, Northern District of California