Coalition Supporting Immigrant and Migrant Survivors and their Families Calls on Congress to Make the Child Tax Credit Permanent and Inclusive of All Children

113 organizations have signed on in support.

The recent one-year expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) under the American Rescue Plan will provide critical economic support for families and children. But the current Child Tax Credit is only authorized for one year and critically, is not available to undocumented children, or children with Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITINs). Without a permanent Child Tax Credit expansion that includes all immigrant children, many families will be left behind, including immigrant and migrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other abuses.  

Over 1 million children will not be eligible for the Child Tax Credit because Former President Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act barred children without social security numbers from it. Failing to include all children from eligibility for the Child Tax Credit will impact children and families from across the country, including those hit hardest by the pandemic. These include children of immigrant and migrant essential workers – many of whom are immigrant women of color in low-wage jobs – who have shouldered a disproportionate impact of the pandemic with higher risks and rates of COVID-19, greater economic and employment instability, and who’ve been systematically excluded from federal COVID-relief efforts and assistance.

Supporting this effort is a wide variety of organizations that support immigrant families and work to reduce family violence and help children heal from trauma.

“Access to the child tax credit can make all the difference for a survivor to be able to overcome and heal from domestic or sexual violence. We urge Congress to extend the child tax credit available to all children and to make it permanent.”
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— Grace Huang, Director of Policy with the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence.
“It’s imperative that Congress understand that the child tax credit is a lifeline for women trapped in abusive situations. The child tax credit could create the economic stability a mother would need to live independently and still care for her children. It can only do that if it is permanent and if it covers all children.””
— Kiersten Stewart, Director of Public Policy at Futures Without Violence
“The Child Tax Credit is an absolutely critical tool for ensuring the safety of survivors of abuse and their children. By extending the credit to cover all children and making it permanent, Congress will not only be fostering economic stability, but also keeping children and families in this country safe from violence.
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— Kirsten Rambo, Executive Director of ASISTA
“Unless Congress acts, many immigrant and migrant families on the frontlines of this pandemic will once again be left out of critical relief. By making the Child Tax credit permanent and inclusive of all children, immigrant and migrant families would have the support they need to ensure the safety and well-being of their children.
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— María De Luna, National Policy & Advocacy Coordinator with Alianza Nacional de Campesinas.
 

SIGNATORIES

National Organizations 

  • Alianza Americas 

  • Alianza Nacional de Campesinas 

  • American Friends Service Committee 

  • Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence ASISTA 

  • Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) 

  • BWJP 

  • Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Network 

  • Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) 

  • Center for the Study of Social Policy 

  • Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. 

  • Children's Defense Fund 

  • Children's HealthWatch 

  • Church World Service 

  • Coalition on Human Needs 

  • Community Change Action 

  • Disciples Refugee & Immigration Ministries 

  • Equal Rights Advocates  

  • Faith in Public Life 

  • Faith in Public Life Action Fund 

  • Family Centered Treatment Foundation 

  • Family Farm Defenders 

  • First Focus Campaign for Children 

  • Freedom Network USA 

  • Futures Without Violence 

  • Hispanic Federation 

  • Immigration Center for Women and Children 

  • Immigration Hub 

  • Jewish Council for Public Affairs 

  • Jewish Women International 

  • Justice for Migrant Women 

  • Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) 

  • Labor Council for Latin American Advancement MomsRising 

  • National Alliance to End Sexual Violence 

  • National Association of Counsel for Children 

  • National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence National Children's Campaign 

  • National Council of Jewish Women 

  • National Crittenton 

  • National Education Association 

  • National Immigration Law Center (NILC) 

  • National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC) National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights National Network for Youth, Inc.

  • National Network to End Domestic Violence 

  • National Organization for Women 

  • National Partnership for New Americans 

  • National Resource Center on Domestic Violence 

  • NIWAP, Inc.  

  • Oxfam America 

  • RESULTS 

  • Rural Coalition 

  • Save the Children  

  • Shalom Task Force  

  • Tahirih Justice Center  

  • The National Domestic Violence Hotline 

  • The Workers Circle 

  • Time's Up Now 

  • Ujima Inc. The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 

  • Vote Run Lead 

  • Women's Media Center 

  • Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights 

Regional, State and Local Organizations 

  • Americans for Immigrant Justice 

  • California National Organization for Women 

  • California Partnership to End Domestic Violence 

  • Campesinos Sin Fronteras 

  • Casa Ruby 

  • Casa San Jose 

  • Children At Risk 

  • Colorado Latino Leadership Advocacy and Research Organization  Community Without Borders 

  • De Campesinos a Campesinos  

  • Farmworker Association of Florida 

  • Grupo AMOR 

  • Her Justice, Inc. 

  • Hispanic Unity of Florida, Inc.  

  • Human Rights Initiative of North Texas 

  • Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence 

  • Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence 

  • Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence 

  • La Mujer Obrera 

  • Legal Allies PC 

  • Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice 

  • Make the Road New York 

  • Michigan Immigrant Rights Center 

  • Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs (MCLA) 

  • MN Immigrant Movement 

  • Mujeres Divinas  

  • Mujeres Luchadoras 

  • Multicultural Efforts to end Sexual Assault (MESA) 

  • Nationalities Service Center 

  • Nevada Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence 

  • New York Immigration Coalition 

  • New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence 

  • North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence 

  • Organización en California de Líderes Campesinas, Inc. 

  • Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence 

  • Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) 

  • Rian Immigrant Center  

  • Rice County Neighbors United/Vecinxs Unidxs 

  • South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center 

  • Southwestern Law School Legal Clinic 

  • The Children's Partnership 

  • The Legal Project 

  • The Ohio Women's Public Policy Network 

  • The Resurrection Project 

  • Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence 

  • Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence 

  • Women Employed 

  • Workers Center of Central New York 

  • Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault 

 

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