Wendy Cervantes
@wendydcervantes.bsky.social
Mom, social justice advocate, immigration and child policy expert.
@clasp.org @letkidsthrive.bsky.social
@clasp.org @letkidsthrive.bsky.social
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@wendydcervantes.bsky.social on today's SCOTUS decision, "Birthright citizenship has helped ensure that children begin life on equal footing, regardless of their parents’ immigration status."
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Supreme Court Affirms a Fundamental Constitutional Protection for Our Nation’s Children | CLASP
By striking down Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, the Court has protected the longstanding principle that children born in this country are entitled to the rights and protections of ...
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June 30, 2026 at 3:41 PM
@wendydcervantes.bsky.social on today's SCOTUS decision, "Birthright citizenship has helped ensure that children begin life on equal footing, regardless of their parents’ immigration status."
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www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
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@wendydcervantes.bsky.social in @the74.bsky.social: "If the administration had been allowed to restrict birthright citizenship, it would have been yet another way to expand their deportation machine, adding newborns to the list of deportation targets." www.the74million.org/article/supr...
Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Attempt to End Birthright Citizenship
The ruling reaffirms that babies born on U.S. soil are citizens regardless of their parents’ status, follows other wins for Trump on immigration.
www.the74million.org
July 1, 2026 at 3:37 PM
@wendydcervantes.bsky.social in @the74.bsky.social: "If the administration had been allowed to restrict birthright citizenship, it would have been yet another way to expand their deportation machine, adding newborns to the list of deportation targets." www.the74million.org/article/supr...
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[1] Representing the #AllChildrenBelong campaign, @clasp.org, @theyoungcenter.bsky.social, & @letkidsthrive.bsky.social were honored to be a part of the Congressional Dads Caucus' week of action to elevate the urgency of supporting kids in immigrant families.
June 21, 2026 at 3:30 PM
[1] Representing the #AllChildrenBelong campaign, @clasp.org, @theyoungcenter.bsky.social, & @letkidsthrive.bsky.social were honored to be a part of the Congressional Dads Caucus' week of action to elevate the urgency of supporting kids in immigrant families.
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From @cnn.com: The birthright citizenship case in front of SCOTUS is about more than citizenship—it’s about the health of our babies. #AllChildrenBelong
Read more at: tinyurl.com/health-brc.
Read more at: tinyurl.com/health-brc.
June 24, 2026 at 9:26 PM
From @cnn.com: The birthright citizenship case in front of SCOTUS is about more than citizenship—it’s about the health of our babies. #AllChildrenBelong
Read more at: tinyurl.com/health-brc.
Read more at: tinyurl.com/health-brc.
Happy anniversary #DACA! It has never been more important to recognize the importance of investing in immigrant youth and protecting their futures. About half of all DACA recipients are parents, meaning the program supports their families too! #HomeIsHere childrenthriveaction.org/2026/06/fami...
Families Of Their Own: How Attacks On DACA Recipients Affect Children and Families - Children Thrive Action Network
DACA Has Transformed the Lives of Children, Families, and Communities for 14 Years. Since its creation, the DACA program has promoted child well-being by protecting more than 800,000 immigrants who en...
childrenthriveaction.org
June 15, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Happy anniversary #DACA! It has never been more important to recognize the importance of investing in immigrant youth and protecting their futures. About half of all DACA recipients are parents, meaning the program supports their families too! #HomeIsHere childrenthriveaction.org/2026/06/fami...
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Storytelling is how immigrant communities preserve culture, history, and identity across generations.
On June 30th at 1pm ET, we’ll be reflecting on the transformative power of storytelling and art within immigrant communities with a virtual webinar
Register today ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nYxsqm
On June 30th at 1pm ET, we’ll be reflecting on the transformative power of storytelling and art within immigrant communities with a virtual webinar
Register today ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nYxsqm
June 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Storytelling is how immigrant communities preserve culture, history, and identity across generations.
On June 30th at 1pm ET, we’ll be reflecting on the transformative power of storytelling and art within immigrant communities with a virtual webinar
Register today ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nYxsqm
On June 30th at 1pm ET, we’ll be reflecting on the transformative power of storytelling and art within immigrant communities with a virtual webinar
Register today ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nYxsqm
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@chirla-org.bsky.social's Jorge-Mario's reflection on Los Angeles remains as relevant as ever:
"What emerged during these painful months while raids were ravaging our neighborhoods was not only resistance, but transformation."
"Los Angeles, Stronger Than Yesterday" is a lesson for all of us.
"What emerged during these painful months while raids were ravaging our neighborhoods was not only resistance, but transformation."
"Los Angeles, Stronger Than Yesterday" is a lesson for all of us.
Stronger Than Yesterday Because Angelenos Choose Each Other
Trump’s militarization was meant to send a message: you don’t belong here. L.A. answered with its own message: we belong to each other.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
June 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
@chirla-org.bsky.social's Jorge-Mario's reflection on Los Angeles remains as relevant as ever:
"What emerged during these painful months while raids were ravaging our neighborhoods was not only resistance, but transformation."
"Los Angeles, Stronger Than Yesterday" is a lesson for all of us.
"What emerged during these painful months while raids were ravaging our neighborhoods was not only resistance, but transformation."
"Los Angeles, Stronger Than Yesterday" is a lesson for all of us.
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Had the pleasure of meeting the humble and inspiring @mychal3ts.bsky.social at Wednesday's rally to end family and child detention! Thank you, Mychal, for raising your library voice to call to #freefamilies !!
May 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Had the pleasure of meeting the humble and inspiring @mychal3ts.bsky.social at Wednesday's rally to end family and child detention! Thank you, Mychal, for raising your library voice to call to #freefamilies !!
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CLASP denounces Senate passage of the budget reconciliation bill that'll cause immeasurable harm to families. We urge the House to oppose this legislation. Read about how children in immigrant families will continue to be harmed by policies like these: www.clasp.org/publications...
Even the Playground Isn’t Safe: How Immigration Policies are Harming Our Youngest Children | CLASP
“Even the Playground Isn’t Safe” focuses on the pervasive fear and uncertainty immigrant parents and their young children have been living with since the beginning of Trump’s second term.
www.clasp.org
June 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
CLASP denounces Senate passage of the budget reconciliation bill that'll cause immeasurable harm to families. We urge the House to oppose this legislation. Read about how children in immigrant families will continue to be harmed by policies like these: www.clasp.org/publications...
Precious Orlin should never have been abused and killed. His mother never should have been detained, and her pleas to be deported w/her baby should have been met. My heart is broken. I've never been more resolved to stop the cruelty of mass deportation. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
DHS allows mother it deported without her toddler to return for his burial
Wendy Hernandez Reyes denies she “abandoned” her son, as ICE claimed. In an extraordinary act, she was allowed to come back to the U.S. for his burial.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 1, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Precious Orlin should never have been abused and killed. His mother never should have been detained, and her pleas to be deported w/her baby should have been met. My heart is broken. I've never been more resolved to stop the cruelty of mass deportation. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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[1] A new story from Jo Napolitano @the74.bsky.social details the administration's expanding deportation tactics and their harm to children and families.
May 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM
[1] A new story from Jo Napolitano @the74.bsky.social details the administration's expanding deportation tactics and their harm to children and families.
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[1] Congressional leaders are pushing forward harmful funding proposals & will vote this week to potentially hand federal immigration agencies an additional $62B for detention and family separation—on top of the $170B they received last year.
childrenthriveaction.org/2026/05/chil...
childrenthriveaction.org/2026/05/chil...
Children's Advocates to Congress: Additional Funding for DHS is a Cruel Misuse of Public Funding and a Direct Attack on Children and Families - Children Thrive Action Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, [email protected] Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, [email protected] Washington, DC, Tuesday, May 19—Throu...
childrenthriveaction.org
May 19, 2026 at 6:39 PM
[1] Congressional leaders are pushing forward harmful funding proposals & will vote this week to potentially hand federal immigration agencies an additional $62B for detention and family separation—on top of the $170B they received last year.
childrenthriveaction.org/2026/05/chil...
childrenthriveaction.org/2026/05/chil...
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URGENT: Congress is trying to pass a spending bill that would send MORE money to ICE and CBP, instead of investing in programs that could help women and children afford food and health care.
Tell your congressmember: Invest in families, NOT ICE and CBP!
Tell your congressmember: Invest in families, NOT ICE and CBP!
Tell Congress: Support Families - Not ICE
Not one more dollar should go towards practices that fuel fear and violence. Take action now.
act.nwlc.org
April 27, 2026 at 7:18 PM
URGENT: Congress is trying to pass a spending bill that would send MORE money to ICE and CBP, instead of investing in programs that could help women and children afford food and health care.
Tell your congressmember: Invest in families, NOT ICE and CBP!
Tell your congressmember: Invest in families, NOT ICE and CBP!
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Thank you @smith.senate.gov & @cortezmasto.senate.gov
for introducing the HELP Separated Children Act, which holds DHS accountable to ensuring parents can make decisions on the safety & well-being of their children and to protecting kids during enforcement actions! www.clasp.org/publications...
for introducing the HELP Separated Children Act, which holds DHS accountable to ensuring parents can make decisions on the safety & well-being of their children and to protecting kids during enforcement actions! www.clasp.org/publications...
Support the HELP Separated Children Act | CLASP
By Wendy Cervantes For over a decade, ICE’s parental interest directive has served as an important tool to ensure that parents impacted by ICE enforcement actions are able to make decisions about thei...
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April 27, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Thank you @smith.senate.gov & @cortezmasto.senate.gov
for introducing the HELP Separated Children Act, which holds DHS accountable to ensuring parents can make decisions on the safety & well-being of their children and to protecting kids during enforcement actions! www.clasp.org/publications...
for introducing the HELP Separated Children Act, which holds DHS accountable to ensuring parents can make decisions on the safety & well-being of their children and to protecting kids during enforcement actions! www.clasp.org/publications...
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[1] A new DHS proposed rule would harm children in immigrant families by restricting asylum-seeking adults' access to work permits.
April 27, 2026 at 8:55 PM
[1] A new DHS proposed rule would harm children in immigrant families by restricting asylum-seeking adults' access to work permits.
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[1] Kids deserve to be safe in their classrooms. Full stop. ✋
Together with educators, healthcare workers, clergy, and community leaders from across the country, @justiceactionctr.bsky.social, @neatoday.bsky.social, @aft.org, and @innovationlawlab.bsky.social are demanding #ICEOUT of sacred spaces.
Together with educators, healthcare workers, clergy, and community leaders from across the country, @justiceactionctr.bsky.social, @neatoday.bsky.social, @aft.org, and @innovationlawlab.bsky.social are demanding #ICEOUT of sacred spaces.
April 22, 2026 at 2:31 PM
[1] Kids deserve to be safe in their classrooms. Full stop. ✋
Together with educators, healthcare workers, clergy, and community leaders from across the country, @justiceactionctr.bsky.social, @neatoday.bsky.social, @aft.org, and @innovationlawlab.bsky.social are demanding #ICEOUT of sacred spaces.
Together with educators, healthcare workers, clergy, and community leaders from across the country, @justiceactionctr.bsky.social, @neatoday.bsky.social, @aft.org, and @innovationlawlab.bsky.social are demanding #ICEOUT of sacred spaces.
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“It’s a blunt assessment of the president’s priorities: Spending upwards of $1 billion per day to maintain an illegal war … But spending the roughly $35 billion per year it would take to implement universal pre-K for 3- and 4-year olds? ‘Not possible,’ he says.
April 19, 2026 at 3:10 PM
“It’s a blunt assessment of the president’s priorities: Spending upwards of $1 billion per day to maintain an illegal war … But spending the roughly $35 billion per year it would take to implement universal pre-K for 3- and 4-year olds? ‘Not possible,’ he says.
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That $190 BILLION could have funded Head Start for 15 years
That $190 BILLION could have paid for universal free school meals six times over.
But instead he wants BILLIONS MORE to abduct our immigrant neighbors and traumatize their children.
That $190 BILLION could have paid for universal free school meals six times over.
But instead he wants BILLIONS MORE to abduct our immigrant neighbors and traumatize their children.
Trump claims that “it’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things.”
Meanwhile, he wants BILLIONS more to fund his mass deportation obsessions on top of the $190 BILLION that DHS already got last year thanks to his big ugly bill👇🏽
Meanwhile, he wants BILLIONS more to fund his mass deportation obsessions on top of the $190 BILLION that DHS already got last year thanks to his big ugly bill👇🏽
DHS Already Got $190 Billion Last Year. Now It Wants Even More
After 15 months of lawlessness and cruelty, ICE and CBP want even more money.
open.substack.com
April 19, 2026 at 3:34 PM
That $190 BILLION could have funded Head Start for 15 years
That $190 BILLION could have paid for universal free school meals six times over.
But instead he wants BILLIONS MORE to abduct our immigrant neighbors and traumatize their children.
That $190 BILLION could have paid for universal free school meals six times over.
But instead he wants BILLIONS MORE to abduct our immigrant neighbors and traumatize their children.
“A disaster for hospitals and a nightmare for families.” www.the74million.org/article/supr...
Supreme Court Justices Cast Doubt on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
The high court heard arguments in the closely watched case that immigrant advocates say could threaten thousands of children’s educational rights.
www.the74million.org
April 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM
“A disaster for hospitals and a nightmare for families.” www.the74million.org/article/supr...
As #SCOTUS considers birthright citizenship today, see my blog uplifting an amicus brief @clasp.org submitted to SCOTUS w/ @firstfocus.bsky.social, @theyoungcenter.bsky.social, and others. We detail the harms to all babies should this fundamental right be rolled back. www.clasp.org/blog/from-pr...
From Prenatal to Infancy: Why Birthright Citizenship Matters in the Earliest Phases of Life | CLASP
Birthright citizenship as enshrined in the U.S. Constitution has ensured the clarity and stability babies and their families need, and those protections should remain.
www.clasp.org
April 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
As #SCOTUS considers birthright citizenship today, see my blog uplifting an amicus brief @clasp.org submitted to SCOTUS w/ @firstfocus.bsky.social, @theyoungcenter.bsky.social, and others. We detail the harms to all babies should this fundamental right be rolled back. www.clasp.org/blog/from-pr...
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Maria de Jesús Estrada Juárez, a Sacramento mother and #DACA recipient, has returned to the United States after being deported last month in what a federal court determined was an unlawful removal: www.abc10.com/article/news... #HereToStay
March 31, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Maria de Jesús Estrada Juárez, a Sacramento mother and #DACA recipient, has returned to the United States after being deported last month in what a federal court determined was an unlawful removal: www.abc10.com/article/news... #HereToStay
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CLASP's @wendydcervantes.bsky.social @nytimes.com
on the importance of providing an education to all children--including those from immigrant families. That's why birthright citizenship and Plyler v Doe are so important.
@scotusblog.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...
on the importance of providing an education to all children--including those from immigrant families. That's why birthright citizenship and Plyler v Doe are so important.
@scotusblog.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...
March 31, 2026 at 5:43 PM
CLASP's @wendydcervantes.bsky.social @nytimes.com
on the importance of providing an education to all children--including those from immigrant families. That's why birthright citizenship and Plyler v Doe are so important.
@scotusblog.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...
on the importance of providing an education to all children--including those from immigrant families. That's why birthright citizenship and Plyler v Doe are so important.
@scotusblog.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...
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[1] Birthright citizenship goes to the Supreme Court this week! Ending birthright citizenship would have devastating consequences on generations of children and families.
www.npr.org/2026/03/30/n...
www.npr.org/2026/03/30/n...
How a SCOTUS decision on birthright citizenship could impact education access
All children, regardless of immigration status, have the right to a free K-12 public education. But without birthright citizenship, access to schools and colleges could get complicated.
www.npr.org
March 30, 2026 at 6:42 PM
[1] Birthright citizenship goes to the Supreme Court this week! Ending birthright citizenship would have devastating consequences on generations of children and families.
www.npr.org/2026/03/30/n...
www.npr.org/2026/03/30/n...
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Pleased to talk to @selenasd.com with @npr.org about this important issue about the health and well-being of babies.
If the Supreme Court ends birthright citizenship, what will it mean for newborns? - NPR www.npr.org/2026/03/31/n...
If the Supreme Court ends birthright citizenship, what will it mean for newborns? - NPR www.npr.org/2026/03/31/n...
Babies are an afterthought in the birthright citizenship case, advocates say
An end to birthright citizenship would mean a new layer of bureaucracy for all babies born in the U.S. and could cause delays for health insurance and other benefits.
www.npr.org
March 31, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Pleased to talk to @selenasd.com with @npr.org about this important issue about the health and well-being of babies.
If the Supreme Court ends birthright citizenship, what will it mean for newborns? - NPR www.npr.org/2026/03/31/n...
If the Supreme Court ends birthright citizenship, what will it mean for newborns? - NPR www.npr.org/2026/03/31/n...
11,000 hearts broken. As someone who worked with advocates and government officicails under the Obama Admin to implement the first parental interest directive, it is infuriating to see this Admin so willingly harm children, all for the sake of cruelty and hate. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids
A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.
www.propublica.org
March 25, 2026 at 1:38 AM
11,000 hearts broken. As someone who worked with advocates and government officicails under the Obama Admin to implement the first parental interest directive, it is infuriating to see this Admin so willingly harm children, all for the sake of cruelty and hate. www.propublica.org/article/trum...