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Here you can see what’s new for the Protect, Defend and Advance Initiative as well as recaps of any missed conversations or shared resources from trusted partners and from across the Affiliate Network.

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Join this public panel discussion hosted by the Truman Center for National Policy.

Wednesday, April 9th

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

As cities navigate an evolving immigration landscape, this panel will explore the pivotal role local governments play in shaping inclusive, effective immigration policies that respond to community needs.

This presentation is meant for the public and should be of particular interest to anyone trying to get local governments involved in this work.

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Read the latest UnidosUS Blogs on the cuts proposed in the Budget Reconciliation legislation:

Medicaid

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Helpful Talking Points on Budget Reconciliation covering nutrition and food programs, threats to higher education, and government overreach. Download Here

Guidance to Nonprofits Regarding Immigration Enforcement  

Access downloadable flyers for different scenarios where immigration enforcement encounters may happen.

Spanish version

English version

We are gathering contact information and assessing the capacity of our Affiliate partners interested in supporting congressional outreach efforts. If you are interested and would like to receive more information from a member of our Policy and Advocacy team, fill out the interest form.

Advocates’ Checklist for Protecting Immigrant Families

Use this checklist to get ready for the challenges ahead by preparing our alliances.

English

Spanish

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UnidosUS - Know Your Rights

List of resources UnidosUS designed to help immigrant communities protect their rights including resources on legal assistance, fraud reporting, family preparedness, and responses to immigration enforcement actions. Spanish Version

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Tackling Hate Speech

Resources from trusted UnidosUS partners, with guidance related to social media.

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Partner Toolkit: Protecting Immigrant Families

A UnidosUS partner’s checklist that includes talking points about how to talk about public charge now after the elections.

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Protecting Civic Space

How to Prepare Your Organization for Politicized Government Investigations: Primer from a trusted UnidosUS partner.

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Letter to Health Care Officials to Clarify Civil Rights Language Access Requirements

HHS Office of Civil Rights issues healthcare language access guidance.

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Rapid Response Immigration Legal Clinic Toolkit:

This toolkit was created to empower legal service providers to design and implement rapid response immigration legal clinics that will help migrants and asylum-seekers prepare for challenges and protect their rights in an unpredictable and ever-changing legal landscape.

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Birthright Citizenship 101:

Click here to download printable PDFs from the Constitutional Accountability Center in English and Spanish.

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From Nonprofit Financial Commons:

What to Watch and Do as We Enter a Chaotic 2025 (video + slides):  Strategies to navigate funding uncertainty and political targeting and practical approaches for resilience. Particular emphasis on slides, 3-33, 37-43, 46, and 47 of the presentation slides.

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Factsheet on Child Tax Credits

Download fact sheets on the Economic Case for Protecting the Child Tax Credit for All U.S. Citizen Children.

CTC Factsheet Democrats

CTC Factsheet Republicans

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Economic Cost of Mass Deportations

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Overview of H.R. 9495

Memorandum covering the details of H.R. 9495 – Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act.

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Education Leaders' Guide

Education Leaders' Guide is an immigration-specific resource that focuses largely on student privacy and information-sharing with ICE and provides information to education professionals that can be helpful insetting proactive policies and practices around requests or visits from ICE at school.

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Education Guidance

The previous  Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona released a letter to all school  districts in early 2025 affirming the existing guidance to ensure equal  access to education for immigrant students in English and Spanish along with a directory of resources.

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Guide to Creating “Safe Space” Policies for Early Childhood Programs

This guide from the  Center for Law and Social Policy explains how early childhood providers can  create a “safe space” policies to protect immigrant families in their  programs.

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Data Protections for FASFA Information

FAFSA guidance for  mixed-status families from President’s Alliance.

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School Safe Zones

National Education  Association’s toolkit for Safe Zone School Districts

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Mental Health Resource List

List of resources UnidosUS curated to support the mental health and wellbeing of Latino and immigrant communities including caring for your mental health and coping with trauma, and how to support the mental health and wellbeing of children, especially during challenging or uncertain times.

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Building Mental Wellness Social Media Toolkit

Social media resources to equip parents, caregivers, and community leaders with tools for nurturing social emotional wellness in Latino children.

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Care Practices Guide

The Latinx Therapists  Action Network have published a Care Practices Guide—a resource to support  resiliency, mental health, and collective care for people organizing and  communities building power and movements together to endure through the most  challenging times and in current political conditions. Access the guide in Spanish here!

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Resiliency Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide for Health Centers & Their Staff

A toolkit designed to help healthcare leaders and organizations address burnout, trauma, and workforce wellbeing through a trauma-informed lens. It explores the balance between personal and organizational responsibility in managing stress, offering strategies to build resilience, improve workplace conditions, and support long-term employee wellness.

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Creating Lifelong Social and Emotional Well-Being: The Case for Starting Early

One of a series of fact sheets that highlight community-based approaches and case studies of programs and policies that seek to solve disparities and advance health equity in key health issue areas in the Latino community.

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Factsheet on ACA and Resolution
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Factsheet on Nutrition and Resolution
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Factsheet on Medicaid and Resolution
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Proposed Budget Cuts to Health and Nutrition Programs

The Congressional Republican majority plans to make significant cuts to federal public benefit programs as part of so-called "Budget Reconciliation" legislation that can pass without any bipartisan support. To provide you with reliable information about proposed changes to programs that are important to Hispanic families across the country, we will post updated fact sheets here. Download the latest presentation deck from the Affiliate Monthly call.

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