Esther Reyes, Director of Immigration Policy and Advocacy, Children’s Defense Fund - Texas Testimony to the House State Affairs Committee Opposing HB 4 October [...]
Read MoreContact: Patrick Bresette, Executive Director (512) 925-8125 AUSTIN, August 30, 2021 — Seventy organizations from Texas and around the country have urged Governor Greg Abbott to withdraw [...]
Read MoreAt a time when children across the country desperately need change, voters stood up to call for a new direction. CDF-Texas affirms that the [...]
Read MoreStatewide Texans demand action on health care from lawmakers AUSTIN, TEXAS — A coalition of grassroots Texas activists today launched #SickOfItTX, an organizing [...]
Read MoreResources for immigrant and mixed-status families to get informed and know their rights AUSTIN — The Children’s Defense Fund-Texas is outraged at the Department of Homeland [...]
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 21, 2019 CONTACT: Cheasty Anderson, Senior Policy Associate, CDF-Texas canderson@childrensdefense.org AUSTIN—Children’s Defense Fund-Texas is disturbed by recent reports of imminent [...]
Read MoreOn Monday May 27, Texas lawmakers and their staff breathed a collective sigh of relief as the 86th Texas Legislative Session gaveled to a close. [...]
Read MoreAustin - A new national report finds that Texas has the worst uninsured rate for women of childbearing age in the nation. The uninsured rate [...]
Read MoreChildren's Defense Fund Texas - Flores Comments - 11.6.18 is a comprehensive objection to the changes the Trump administration is proposing to the Flores Agreement [...]
Read MoreCDF-Texas Executive Director Patrick Bresette contributes to this report on the recently published Public Charge. Published by The Rio Grande Guardian International News Service.
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